Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Life Trustee, Robert Addison Day on September 14, 2023.  He was 79.

Robert Addison Day was a businessman […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Maya Bhatia on August 16, 2023, in Grise Fiord – Aujuittuq, Nunavut, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former WHOI Trustee and Member of the Corporation Peter Arthur Aron on July 14, 2023. He was 77. […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee/Corporation Member Cecily C. Selby on July 9, 2023. She was 96.

Cecily had a pathbreaking career as […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Ernest Eldred Baker (Buddy) on June 23, 2023.  He was 94.

Buddy grew up in Quissett where he […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the sudden death of former employee David P. Kammer of Marcellus, NY, on May 14, 2023. He was 61.

David was was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Bruce Tripp on May 9, 2023, at JML Care Center in Falmouth, while under hospice care. He […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee , on July 6, 2007, at Greenbriar Terrace Nursing Home in Nashua, NH. He was 80.

Steve […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the sudden death of WHOI Guest Investigator Steve Okkonen on April 6, 2023.  He was 69.

Steve was born in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the sudden and unexpected death of WHOI Emeritus Research Scholar Geoffrey Allsup on March 23, 2023.  He was 71.

Geoff was born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Norman Morrison, a World War II veteran, on December 21, 2022.  He was 96.

Norman was born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Edward Hinckley Chute of Hatchville, a veteran who ran Crooked Pond Farm with his wife for more […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Richard Stuart Brereton Sr., on February 25, 2023, at Falmouth Hospital, with family by his side, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Jane Clare (Reeves) Souza at JML Care Center in Falmouth on February 19, 2023. She was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the sudden passing of long-time volunteer, Patricia (Pat) Beckenhaupt on January 26. She was 74.

Pat was former Director of […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Marvel C. Stalcup on January 14, 2023. He was 91.

Marvel began his career at […]

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on January 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, California, by the authority vested in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Lois Mercado of Appleton, WI, on January 9, 2023.  She was 92.

Lois was born in San […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of long-time volunteer Lloyd S. Beckett Jr., of Falmouth on January 6, 2023, in Bradenton, Florida.

Born in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former WHOI Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD) participant Norman Ronald Lebovitz on December 28, 2022, at his home in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee John H. Thomson on December 14, 2022. He was 97.

John was born in New […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree John A. Wood, Jr., on December 22 after a lengthy illness. He was 80.

John was the son […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Brian Louis Howes on December 13, 2022, in Sandwich, Mass.  His final days were spent with […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Julio Candela on November 29, 2022.

Julio began his career at WHOI in 1990 as a postdoctoral […]