Dr. Roger Payne

Anyị na-eru uju ọnwụ nke Roger Searle Payne (1935-1983) onye ndụmọdụ na amamihe ya dị oke mkpa nye The Ocean Foundation. Onye guzobere TOF's Board of Advisors, Roger bụ onye ama ama maka nchọpụta 1967 nke egwu whale n'etiti whale humpback. Roger mechara bụrụ onye dị mkpa na mgbasa ozi zuru ụwa ọnụ iji kwụsị ịzụ azụ azụ ahịa. Na 1971, Roger tọrọ ntọala Ocean Alliance, nke bụ onye mbụ ya na TOF na-eme nchọpụta nsogbu zuru ụwa ọnụ nke nsị na whale. Payne natara United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) na MacArthur genius award (1984) n'etiti onyinye ndị ọzọ maka nyocha ya. Ndị niile ha na ya rụkọrọ ọrụ ga-agbaghara ya nke ukwuu iji mee ka oke osimiri bụrụ ohere na-azụlite ahụike maka whale na ndụ niile dị n'ime mmiri ya.