CCU’s Mullikin named Exporers Club Fellow

Tom Mullikin, research professor in the Department of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, was the subject of an article in the March 12 edition of the national news website Daily Caller about his election to the prestigious Explorers Club.

Mullikin, an environmental attorney and a noted adventurer, was named a fellow of the famous fraternity at its annual dinner on March 9 at the Marriot Marquis in New York City, according to the article (http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/12/tom-mullikin-named-explorers-club-fellow/).

Fellowships are “reserved for those who have distinguished themselves by directly contributing to scientific knowledge in the field of geographical exploration or allied sciences evidenced by scientific publications documenting fieldwork or explorations,” according to the club’s bylaws.

Mullikin is the commander of the S.C. State Guard. He is master diver with recorded dives in all the earth’s oceans. He also has successful climbs and summits of the highest mountains in Europe (Mt. Elbrus), Africa (Mt. Kilimanjaro), Australia (Mt. Kosciuszko) and South America (Mt. Aconcagua), as well as mountain ranges across North America to study fragile ecosystems.