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Obituaries


Hartley Hoskins

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Hartley Hoskins on January 1, 2021. He was 82. Over a career of 57 years at WHOI,…

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Susumu Honjo

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus Susumu Honjo on December 23 surrounded by his family.  He was 87. Sus’s pioneering work as…

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Coleman P. Burke

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Life Trustee Coleman P. Burke on November 8 at his home in Bedford, NY. He was 79. Loved for…

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Mirth Nan Miller

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Mirth Nan Miller of Ocean Park, WA, on May 21 at her home. She was 71.…

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Robert Hessler

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Robert Hessler on October 17 at a hospice care facility in Douglas, Ariz.  He was 87.…

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Sherri Ann (Goldberg) Eldridge

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Guest Investigator Sherri Ann (Goldberg) Eldridge on September 14 in Boston, Mass. Sherri was the beloved wife of…

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Karen T. Hughes

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Karen Hughes, wife of our Vice-Chair Jeff Hughes. Our thoughts are with Jeff as he navigates this difficult…

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Peter Saunders

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Peter Saunders on August 20. He was 87. Peter received his BS in physics in 1954,…

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Geoffrey “Jeff” Acheson Thompson

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Trustee and Life Trustee Geoffrey “Jeff” Acheson Thompson on August 3 at his home in Lyme, CT, from…

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Carl Christopher Hardy

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Carl Christopher Hardy on April 16.  He was 75. Carl Christopher Hardy, known as Chris, was…

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Ralph David (Dave) Simoneau Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Ralph David (Dave) Simoneau Jr., of Bourne, Mass., on August 8. He was 81. Dave was born…

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Donald LeBlanc

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Donald F. LeBlanc of Punta Gorda, FL, on August 5. He was 85. Don was born in…

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Arthur Yorke Allen

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Arthur Yorke Allen of New York City and Edgartown, Mass., on August 3 at Martha’s Vineyard…

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Lee A. Vincent

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Lee A. Vincent on July 22 at the JML Care Center in Falmouth, Mass., surrounded by…

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Prosser Gifford

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Prosser Gifford, Member of the Corporation, at his home on July 5 with his family by his side. …

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Thomas B. Sanford

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Thomas B. Sanford on July 12.  He was 80. Tom received his AB in Physics at…

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John W. Kanwisher

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree John W. Kanwisher on May 7 in Woods Hole.  He was 95. You can read the full…

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Constantine “Gus” Demetrious Tollios

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Constantine “Gus” Demetrious Tollios on January 18 in Florida.  He was 90. The son of Demetrious J.…

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Edmund Karl Brown

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Edmund Karl Brown on March 14 in Bristol, ME. He was 86. Karl, as he liked…

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Hope Noyes Smith

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee, Hope Noyes Smith, on March 23 at her home in Pine Cay, Turks & Caicos Island,…

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Francis H.Taylor

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of long-time WHOI volunteer Francis “Frank” H. Taylor on February 23 at the Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham,…

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Kendall (Ken) B. Bohr

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Kendall (Ken) B. Bohr on February 11 in Rockton, Illinois.  He was 80. Born in Ossian,…

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Elazar Uchupi

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus Elazar Uchupi on February 4 in Gorliz, Spain.  He was 91. Elazar was born in Brooklyn, NY,…

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Edward Spiegel

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Edward Spiegel on January 2, 2020.  He was a founding member of the summer Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD)…

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