Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus James R. Ledwell on November 29, 2022.  Jim passed away peacefully in the presence of his […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the sudden death of long-time WHOI volunteer, John Gilder Foley, on November 14, 2022.  He was 89.

John was born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee and Life Trustee, Nancy Stafford Milburn, on November 8, 2022.  She was 95.

Nancy was a […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Molly Magarita Lumping on November 2, 2022, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, due to […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee John M. Powers on September 8, 2022. He was 68.

John was born in Wareham, Mass., and […]

President Biden ordered all United States Flags to half-staff through interment (September 19) in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.

More information and the official Presidential proclamation are available by clicking here: […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former WHOI Guest Investigator and Volunteer, Nicholas “Nick” Albanese on September 9, 2022.

Nick was born in New York […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Shirley Raiche Dunkle of Falmouth on July 12, 2022. She was 93.

Born and raised in Fairhaven, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree David Scott Hosom on June 8 in Falmouth. He was 88.

Dave was born in Lancaster, Ohio.  He […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee E. Paul Oberlander on April 12. He was 65.

Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, Paul moved […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Thomas Reid Stetson on February 6, 2022. He was 90.

Born in Boston, he was the son of […]

Richard “Dickie” Sale Edwards Jr., an engineer, carpenter, stonemason, mechanic, craftsman, seaman, father, friend to many and longtime employee at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, died on January 28th at […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of  former Visiting Investigator Jerome “Jerry” Milgram on December 20 at his home in Winchester, Mass., with his family […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Adrianus J. Kalmijn on December 7 in La Jolla, CA. He was 88.

Adrianus J. Kalmijn was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Corporation member, Trustee, and Life Trustee Arthur Zeikel on December 7 in Sarasota, Florida. He was surrounded […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of volunteer Charles (Chuck) A. Mitchell on October 13. He was 95.

The son of Charles and Ethel Mitchell, Chuck […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Richard Hobart Dimmock on October 16. He was 93.

Born to David W. and Marjorie Dimmock in Worcester, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Kenneth “Ken” Houtler on September 20. He was 54.

Ken was born on October 27, 1966, at […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Robert L. James on August 29, 2021, at his home in Greenwich, CT., surrounded by those […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Bryan Scott Way on August 17 in Mashpee, Mass., after a valiant decade-long battle with cancer. […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Richard L. Koehler at home after a period of declining health. He was 89.

Born in Lansing, Michigan, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Thomas A Bouché on June 24 at home surrounded by his family.  He was 69.

Tom was born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Gerald W. Blakeley, Jr., on July 2 at his summer home in Osterville, Mass.  He was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee John “Jack” Wise on Sunday, June 13 in Princeton, NJ. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s […]