SCIENTIST INVENTOR OF THE PC «OCEAN-240», YACHT CAPTAIN DMITRY TILININ

A brief biography of Dmitry Tilinin a senior researcher at the Institute of Oceanology is given. He was one of the first in the USSR developers of an applied personal computer, the creator of information and measurement systems for hydrophysical studies, hydroacoustic bottom stations, acoustic buoys, successfully combining active scientific and technical activity in the field of acoustic methods of studying the ocean with his lifelong hobby - sailing sport. He was the yacht captain of the unlimited navigation area, master of sports in sailing species. This is the history of man, under whose leadership and with his personal participation in the mid-90s, one of the first communication centers with Internet access was created at the Institute of Oceanology, thereby providing the Institute with modern level of communication with the international community.