Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Barbara Allen Bunker on June 12. She was 97.

Barbara was a longtime West Falmouth resident, a […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Beecher Wooding on June 1 while windsurfing at Kanaha Beach Park on Maui, HI.
He was 77.

Beecher […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Edmund (Ed) “The Duck Man” Zmuda on May 21 at the Royal of Cotuit.  He was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Barbara J. (Jensen) Martineau of North Falmouth on April 28 at the Royal of Cotuit, after a […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Mary Schumacher on April 24 after a very rapid advancement of medical problems she had been dealing […]

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Ralph F. Vaccaro on April 16, two weeks shy of his 100th birthday and […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorry the death of retiree Judith (Judy) Oster Cushman in Bradenton, Fl, on March 26 after a short illness. She was 83.

Born […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Kenneth Frederick Fleet, Jr., on March 18 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Mass.  He was 81.

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of employee William F. “Bill” Sparks on March 21 at Beth Israel Hospital in Plymouth, Mass., after a long […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the unexpected death of former employee Leonard A. “Len” Boutin at his home in East Falmouth on March 9.  He was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee and Life Trustee, Lisina M. Hoch, on Friday, February 15, 2019 in Irvington, NY. She was […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee James H. “Spider” Souza on February 17 at Mass General Hospital in Boston.  He was 85.

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Joint Program Graduate, Dean Martin Jacobson, on December 27, 2018, at Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student M. Benno Blumenthal on December 15. He was 58.

M. Benno Blumenthal received […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Jim Avery on December 1 after a lengthy illness. Jim’s wife, Susan Avery, WHOI President Emerita and Corporation […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the unexpected death of former employee Scot Birdwhistell on October 27. He was 65.

Scot received his Master of Chemistry from the […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee and Korean War Vet, Calvin Karram, on January 19 in Florida.  He was 84.

Calvin was the […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of member and friend of the Institution, Richard Arthur.  Further information will be posted when available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of member and friend of the Institution, Chuck Schmidt.  Further information will be posted when available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of member and friend of the Institution, Jessie Pennoyer Snyder.  Further information will be posted when available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of member and friend of the Institution, Jill Ker Conway.  Further information will be posted when available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death on September 5 of Erik Hauri, a 1992 graduate of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, at his home in North […]

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