Dokita Roger Payne

A ṣọfọ isonu ti Roger Searle Payne (1935-1983) ti imọran ati ọgbọn rẹ ṣe pataki si The Ocean Foundation. Oludasile egbe ti TOF's Board of Advisors, Roger jẹ olokiki fun wiwa 1967 ti orin whale laarin awọn ẹja humpback. Roger nigbamii di eeyan pataki ninu ipolongo agbaye lati fopin si whaling iṣowo. Ni ọdun 1971, Roger ṣe ipilẹ Ocean Alliance, eyiti o jẹ alabaṣepọ ni kutukutu pẹlu TOF lati ṣawari iṣoro agbaye ti awọn majele ninu awọn ẹja nla. Payne gba Eto Eto Ayika ti United Nations Global 500 (1988) ati ẹbun oloye-pupọ MacArthur (1984) laarin awọn ẹbun miiran fun iwadii rẹ. Oun yoo padanu pupọ nipasẹ gbogbo awọn ti o ṣiṣẹ pẹlu rẹ lati jẹ ki okun jẹ aaye ti o ni ilera diẹ sii fun awọn ẹja nlanla ati gbogbo igbesi aye inu omi rẹ.