Obituaries
The Institution has received word of the death of Geoffrey G. Whitney Jr. of Woods Hole. He was 86. Geoff joined the Institution in 1951 as a research assistant in the Physical Oceanography Department working on the calibration and maintenance of deep sea reversing thermometers.. He retired in 1981 but continued to service thermometers for WHOI on a casual basis. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Further details will be posted as available.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 24, 2001, of retiree Ronald E. Woods of East Falmouth after a brief illness. He was 66.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 13, 2001, of Edmond E. Watson of Kingston, Ontario after a brief illness. He was 98.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 24, 2001, of retiree Roland Masse. He was 76.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death November 15, 2001, of Scientist Emeritus John I. Ewing at the Royal Nursing & Alzheimer’s Center in Falmouth after a long illness. He was 77.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 5, 2001, of retiree Thomas O. Sutcliffe of Kingston, MA. He was 87.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the unexpected death September 4, 2001, of Sharon L. (Edmed) Hunt of East Falmouth at her home. She was 53.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death July 26, 2001, of retiree Suzanne B. Volkmann at her home in Woods Hole at age 72 after a brief battle with cancer.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Warren Edward “Whitey” Witzell in Falmouth July 21, 2001, after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.
Read MoreThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death June 9, 2001, of retiree Dr. Harry H. Stanton of Provincetown, MA, after a long illness. He died at the Hospice House in Barnstable at age 73.
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