Obituaries

The Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Percy L. Kennedy on November 17, in the McCarthy Care Center, Sandwich.  He was 88.

Percy was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Jeffrey A. Zwinakis on September 30, at his home in Falmouth.  He was 63.

Born in Salina, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Nadine Athearn on August 23.  She was 83.

Nadine was born on November 14, 1927, in Quincy, MA.  […]

The Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of retiree David D. Scott on August 10, in San Francisco.  He was 99.

David was born on February 6, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of retiree Leon W. Schuyler on July 16.  He was 87. 

Leon was born on May 30, 1924 in Herkimer, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Edward L. Bland, Jr., on July 15 in Livingston, Texas.  He was 88.

Ed was born May 28, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Honorary Corporation Member Gene Kummel on June 25, 2011.  Further information will be posted when available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with deep sorrow the death April 20, 2011 of former Life Trustee and Honorary Member, Richard G. Mintz. 

Richard and his wife Evvajean became WHOI […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Margaret P. Stern on May 6, in Naples, FL.  She was 78. 

Margaret was born July 2, 1932, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with deep sorrow the death March 11, 2011 of former Honorary Member, Richard “Dick” W. Call.  Dick was elected to the WHOI Corporation in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Richard A. Machado on March 1, at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM. He […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree William “Bill” B. Cruwys on February 8, after a long courageous fight with cancer.  He was 76.

Bill […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Eugene (Gene) Pineault in Maine on January 31.  He was 86. 

Gene was born July 18, 1924.  He […]

The Institution has received word of the death of retiree Hugh Brennan Dakers Sr., on January 19, surrounded by his family at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine.  […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of former employee Claes Rooth on January 17, in Falmouth after a long illness.  He was 83. 

Claes was born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of retiree John (Jack) Reese on December 12, 2010, in North Carolina.  He was 69. 

Jack attended Crafton High School […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Albert C. Sherman on August 14, 2010.  He was 67.

Albert was born April 7, 1943. He […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Gloria (Schroeder) Gallagher on November 30, in Falmouth.  She was 91. 

Gloria was born in 1919 in Staten […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of retiree Helen Stanley on October 5, after a period of failing health.  She was 79.

Helen was born in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Sidney J. Weinberg Jr., on October 4, at his home in Marion, MA.  He was 87.

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