Dr. Roger Payne

Tinochema kurasikirwa naRoger Searle Payne (1935-1983) ane zano nehuchenjeri zvaive zvakakosha kuThe Ocean Foundation. Nhengo yekutanga yeTOF's Board of Advisors, Roger aive nemukurumbira nekuwanikwa kwa1967 kwerwiyo rwewhale pakati pehumpback whale. Roger akazove munhu akakosha pamushandirapamwe wepasi rose wekupedza kushambadzira whaling. Muna 1971, Roger akatanga iyo Ocean Alliance, yaive shamwari yekutanga neTOF mukuongorora dambudziko repasi rose rechepfu mumawhale. Payne akagamuchira United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) uye MacArthur genius award (1984) pakati pemimwe mibairo yekutsvagisa kwake. Achasuwa zvikuru nevose vakashanda naye kuita kuti gungwa rive neutano hunosimudzira nzvimbo yemawhale nehupenyu hwose huri mumvura yaro.