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UC San Diego to sell La Jolla former home of oceanographer Walter Munk The late Walter Munk’s landscaped house, Seiche, is in La Jolla Shores. (File) Print Shortly after the La Jolla Shores house that once was home to famed oceanographer Walter Munk was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, UC San Diego has announced its intent to sell it. A timeline for the sale was not announced. The State Historical Resources Commission determined April 30 that the house, called Seiche, was eligible for and would be nominated to the National Register. It was listed there July 12. Mu...

Print The La Jolla Shores home of late oceanographer Walter Munk is eligible for and will be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a State Historical Resources Commission vote April 30. The home, called Seiche (after a standing wave oscillating in a body of water), was built by Munk, known as the “Einstein of the Oceans” for his research at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and his second wife, Judith, who died in 2006. Munk decided in 2014 to donate the home to UCSD. His third wife and widow, Mary Coakley Munk, lived there until February ...

State commission deems Walter Munk house, Seiche, eligible for National Register of Historic Places The late Walter Munk’s landscaped house, Seiche, has been nominated for historic designation. (Courtesy) Print The La Jolla Shores home of late oceanographer Walter Munk is eligible for and will be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a State Historical Resources Commission vote April 30. The home, called Seiche (after a standing wave oscillating in a body of water), was built by Munk, known as the “Einstein of the Oceans” for his research at UC San ...

Print The proposed historic designation of the La Jolla Shores home of late oceanographer Walter Munk has raised objections from his daughter Kendall, who says he did not want such a designation and that renovations have made the home “not a historical structure.” The home, called Seiche (a standing wave oscillating in a body of water), was built by Munk, renowned for his research at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and his second wife, Judith, who died in 2006. Munk decided in 2014 to donate the home to UCSD. His third wife and widow, Mary Coakley Munk, lived there u...