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Obituaries

George D. Grice

April 3, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the unexpected death of former Associate Director for Scientific Operations and Senior Scientist George Daniel Grice, Jr., of the Biology Department. He died March 11, 2001, in Charleston, SC.

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Jack N. Lindon

March 12, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 8, 2001, of retiree Jack Nickles Lindon of Pocasset at age 81.

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Steven J. Poore

March 12, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 2, 2001 of Steven J. Poore of Sagamore, MA, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a long illness. He was 46.

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Arnold B. Arons

February 28, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 28, 2001, of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member of the Corporation Arnold Boris Arons of a heart attack at his home in Seattle. He was 84.

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Thomas Lyon

February 13, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death February 13, 2001, of retiree Thomas Lyon in Littleton, NH, after a long illness. He was 73.

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Valentine P. Wilson

February 12, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 6, 2001, of Valentine Patrick Wilson of North Falmouth at the Royal Nursing and Alzheimer’s Center in Falmouth. He was 76.

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Howard L. Sanders

February 8, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 8, 2001, of Scientist Emeritus Howard L. Sanders of Woods Hole at the Royal Nursing and Alzheime’??A?s Center in Falmouth after a long illness. He was 79.

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William G. Metcalf

February 1, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death January 31, 2001, of retiree William G. “Gerry” Metcalf of Falmouth at age 82. Gerry worked at the Institution in the Physical Oceanography Department from 1945 until his retirement as an Associate Scientist in 1979. Following his retirement he was appointed Scientist Emeritus.

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James Swan

January 19, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death January 17, 2001 of James A. Swan, a former clerk in the WHOI Stockroom.

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Robert W. Morse

January 19, 2001

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death January 19, 2001 of Scientist Emeritus Robert W. Morse of North Falmouth at the JML Care Center in Falmouth. He was 79.

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