It was a family tradition. Every summer, Karana and Aurora Stokum would fly to San Diego to visit their grandfather, Eugene Swantz, who would treat them to an afternoon at Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Upon his passing, Swantz granted a gift to Scripps Institution of Oceanography to support K-12 outreach education at the aquarium as a way to cultivate a sense of wonder and inquiry about the sea in young people. Read More »
