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Obituaries


Robert Seamans

Robert Seamans

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death on June 28, 2008, of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member,
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.   An Associate of the Institution […]

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D. Jean Keen

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of former employee D. Jean Keen on August 1, 2007.  She was 85.

Jean was born in Lancaster, PA, on […]

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Charles Edward Spooner

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of Charles Edward Spooner in East Harwich, MA, on April 21, 2008, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. […]

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Charles “Shang” Goodwin

Charles "Shang" Goodwin

Honorary Member Charles “Shang” Goodwin passed away on April 1, 2008.
Shang and his wife Charlotte became WHOI Associates in 1982. 
Shang was elected a Member of the Corporation in […]

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James J. Cavanaugh

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
of former employee James J. Cavanaugh on February 5, in Falmouth. 
He was 86.

Born in Woods Hole, James was […]

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Stanley G. Rosenblad

Stanley G. Rosenblad

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
of retiree Stanley G. Rosenblad on January 20.  He was 75.

Stan graduated from Millbury High School, Millbury, MA, in […]

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William Freund, Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
November 9 of former employee William Freund, Jr. in Falmouth.  He
was 85. 

Bill was born in New York […]

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Brian Schroeder

Brian Schroeder

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow,
the death of Brian Schroeder November 6, from cancer at Royal Nursing
Center in Falmouth, MA. He was 68.

A native […]

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William Stack

William Stack

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
November 6 of former employee William Michael Stack in Norwood,
MA.  He was 84.

Born and raised in New Orleans, […]

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Richard S. “Dick” Edwards

Richard S. "Dick" Edwards

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Richard S. “Dick” Edwards on October 30, 2007, at JML Care Center from the effects of a stroke. […]

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Bruce Crawford

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
September 6, of former employee Bruce Crawford.  He was  87.

Bruce began working at WHOI in 1966 as the personnel […]

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William Lawrence Connell

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
of retiree William Lawrence Connell, 87, of Monterey, VA. He died
Friday, August 24, 2007, at his home.

William was […]

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Richard J. Breivogel

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
August 21, 2007 of retiree Richard J.  Breivogel, Jr. in Falmouth
after a short illness.  He was 86.

Richard began […]

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John P. Bizzozero

John P. Bizzozero

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
August 18, 2007 of retiree John P. Bizzozero at his home. He was 90.

John was born and raised in […]

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James E. Gray

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death of former employee James E. Gray on August 6, 2007 in Reno
Nevada.    He was 84.

James was born in […]

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Robert F. Kelley

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death June 10 of former employee Robert F. Kelley at his home in
East Falmouth after a long illness.  He […]

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John E. “Jack” Rice

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death
June 4 of former employee John E. “Jack” Rice in Taunton, MA, after a
lengthy illness. He was 80.

Born […]

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Henri Berteaux

Henri Berteaux

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death May 20, 2007 of retiree Henri Berteaux in West Falmouth, MA.  He was 78.

Henri was born in Paris, France, […]

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Frank E. Mann

Frank E. Mann

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death April 25, 2007 of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member, Frank
E. Mann., at his home in Alexandria, Virginia.

Frank and […]

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Arthur Costa

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death on April 21, 2007 of retiree Arthur Costa in Falmouth,
MA.  He was 70.

Arthur grew up in Falmouth, where […]

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Frank W. Hoch

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death April 13, 2007 of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member, Frank
W. Hoch, at his home in Irvington, NY.  

Frank […]

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Frederick S. Eggleston

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death of former employee Frederick S. Eggleston in Maine on April
7, after a brief illness.  He was 65.

Fred began […]

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E. Kent Swift, Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow
the death March 30, 2007 of Honorary Trustee E. Kent Swift, Jr. of
Woods Hole.

Kent, who was educated at Harvard, was […]

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