Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Barbara Luksanen Gill on September 28 at her home in Sandwich.  She was 86. Barbara was born in…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Calvert F. Eck on September 28 in Boston after a long illness.  He was 81. Calvert…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Carolyn Henrietta (Pautke) Winn on September 21.  She was 92. Carolyn was born in Detroit, Michigan,…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorry the death of former WHOI Volunteer Ellen Claire (Scarry) Doucette on September 6.  She was 85. Ellen was born in Needham,…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of former Joint Program Student Joy Ann Geiselman on May 16, 2019.  She was 67. Joy was born March…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus Rudolf (Rudi) Scheltema on August 5 at home with generations of his family in his presence. …

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death on June 30 of GFD Founding Director George Veronis of Hatchville, Mass., and New Haven, CT, whose career accomplishments…

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,…

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.…

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…

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 after days of…

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.…

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.…

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 employee James H. “Spider” Souza on February 17 at Mass General Hospital in Boston.  He was 85.…

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 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 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…