Seven years after famed oceanographer Walter Munk donated his La Jolla home to UC San Diego, the school is putting it up for sale at $5.5 million.
Elsewhere are six bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in roughly 3,500 square feet, including a primary suite with dramatic arched windows and a second-story guest suite colored by leafy murals. A patio wraps across the back of the property, stopping by a swimming pool and sunken garden.
In July, UCSD spokeswoman Lauren Fimbres Wood told the La Jolla Light that proceeds from the sale would be distributed equally among the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Kyoto/Munk Fund. World-famous oceanographer and La Jollan Walter Munk died in February 2019 at age 101. His research about the nature of winds, waves and currents at Scripps Institution of Oceanography earned him the nickname the “Einstein of the Oceans.”
A native of Austria, Munk attended Caltech before joining the Scripps Institution of Technology, where his research on surf forecasting helped American troops land more safely during World War II’s D-day invasion. He was also the first recipient of the Walter Munk Medal, which is awarded by the Oceanography Society each year for extraordinary accomplishments in oceanography.
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