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David H. Frantz, Jr.

David H. Frantz, Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree David H. Frantz, Jr., on January 19, in Tiverton, RI.  He was 91.

David was born September […]

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Alice (Broadbent) Todd

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Alice (Broadbent) Todd on January 4 at StoneRidge Retirement Community in Mystic, CT.  She was 93.

Alice was […]

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Edward M. Hulburt

Edward M. Hulburt

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus Edward M. (Mac) Hulburt on December 31, at his home in Woods Hole surrounded by his […]

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Ken Prada

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Ken Prada on December 21, 2013. He was 76.

Ken was born in Boston and majored in […]

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Kenneth Allen Poehls

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Joint Program Student Kenneth Allen Poehls on November 20, 2013 from aggressive brain tumors.  He was 64.

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Arthur Peterson

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Arthur Peterson on November 13, 2013 at his home with his family.  He was 86.

Arthur was born […]

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Robert Allin Folinsbee

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Joint Program Student Robert Allin Folinsbee on November 5, 2013. He was 68.

Allin died doing what […]

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John H. Steele

John H. Steele

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of John H. Steele at his home in Falmouth, Mass., on November 4, 2013, 11 days before his 87th […]

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Joseph F. Dawicki, Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Joseph F. Dawicki, Jr., on October 4, in Sarasota, Fla., after a long illness.  He was 78.

Joe […]

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Virginia A. (Hegarty) Lefavor

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Virginia A. (Hegarty) Lefavor on October 20.  She was 75.

Ginny was born and raised in Weymouth, […]

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Pamela E. Hindley

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Pamela E. Hindley on September 8, following a brief illness.  She was 69.

Pamela was the daughter of […]

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Mary F. (Fontes) Andrews

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Mary F. (Fontes) Andrews on September 7, at Falmouth Hospital.  She was 85.

Born in Bourne, MA, she […]

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Raymond E. Davis

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Raymond E. Davis on June 13, in East Falmouth. He was 71.

Ray was born in Milwaukee, […]

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Clifford J. Hamill

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Clifford J. Hamill on June 13, at Falmouth Hospital.  He was 82.

Clifford was born in New York, […]

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Roger S. Walen

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Roger S. Walen on November 24, 2012, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass, after a […]

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Mauritz Casper Fredriksen

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Mauritz Casper Fredriksen on May 31.  He was 100.

Mauritz was born on July 15, 1912 […]

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Nathaniel “Nat” Corwin

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Nat Corwin on March 30, in Falmouth. He was 92.

Nat survived the sinking of the Navy survey […]

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Lincoln Baxter II

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Lincoln Baxter II on March 5, at Royal Nursing Home in Falmouth.  He was 88.

Lincoln was […]

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Randolph Wilson “Bill” Bromery

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death on February 26, 2013, of Honorary Member, Randolph W. Bromery.  Dr. and Mrs. Bromery became Associates in 1996.  Bill […]

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Ralph M. Hollis

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Ralph M. Hollis on March 15, in Melbourne, Fl.  He was 80.

Ralph was born on May […]

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Mary Margaret Hunt

The Institution has received word of the death of retiree Mary Hunt on March 7, in Falmouth. She was 88.

Mary was born in Cambridge, MA, the second of five […]

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Richard A. Carvalho

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Richard A. Carvalho, on February 18, at the Genesis Healthcare in Falmouth.  He was 68.

Born in New […]

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Giles E. Mosher Jr.

The Institution has received word of the death of Honorary Corporation Member Giles E. Mosher Jr., on February 12, at his home in Wellesley.  He ws 80.

Giles was a […]

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