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Obituaries


Martha L. McCamis

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death May 18, 2006 of former employee Martha L. McCamis at Eagle Pond Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in South Dennis,…

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David M. Owen

David M. Owen

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death April 11, 2006 of David M. Owen at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada.  He was…

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Alice P. Fernandes

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death April 18, 2006 of Alice P. Fernandes of East Falmouth at Royal Nursing Center in Falmouth, MA.  She was…

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A. Lawrence Peirson III

A. Lawrence Peirson III

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 13, 2006 of A. Lawrence Peirson III at his home in Woods Hole after a long illness.  He…

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Robert J. Wichterman

Robert J. Wichterman

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 9, 2006 of retiree Robert J. Wichterman at  Mary McCarthy Hospice House in Sandwich after a long illness. …

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Charles F. Hall

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of retiree Charles F. Hall of Thomaston, Maine.  He was 82. Charles Hall was born June 24, 1923.   He…

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Derek W. Spencer

Derek W. Spencer

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death January 16, 2006 of Scientist Emeritus and former Associate Director for Research Derek W. Spencer at his home in…

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Neil Brown

Neil Brown

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death December 27, 2005 of Oceanographer Emeritus Neil L. Brown at the Royal Megansett Nursing & Retirement Home in North…

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Homer R. Delisle

Homer R. Delisle

The Institution has received word of the death December 26, 2005 of former employee Homer R. Delisle at his home in East Falmouth of cancer.  He was 71. Homer Delisle…

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Harvey “Chet” Krentzman

Harvey "Chet" Krentzman

The Institution announces with great sorrow the death December 23, 2005 of Honorary Member and Honorary Trustee Harvey C. “Chet” Krentzman of Chestnut Hill and Falmouth.  He was 79. Chet…

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George F. Baker III

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the presumed death of Member of the Corporation George F. Baker III of Houston, TX and Nantucket when his plane disappeared…

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David S. Saxon

David S. Saxon

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death December 8, 2005 of Honorary Member of the Corporation David S. Saxon of Los Angeles at the UCLA Medical…

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James Creighton

James Creighton

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 16, 2005 of retiree James E. Creighton at his home in East Falmouth after a long illness. He…

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George R. Harvey

George R. Harvey

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death November 9, 2005 of George Ranson Harvey in Inverness, Florida.  He was 67. George Ranson Harvey was born December…

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Arthur R. “Rocky” Miller

Arthur R. "Rocky" Miller

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death October 27, 2005 of retiree Arthur Rockwell Miller of Falmouth at his home. He was 90. Arthur Rockwell “Rocky”…

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Carleton F. Young

Carleton F. Young

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death September 29, 2005 of retiree Carleton F. Young at Cape Heritage Nursing Home in Sandwich, MA. He was 82.…

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Townsend Hornor

Townsend Hornor

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death September 11, 2005 of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member of the Corporation Townsend Hornor at his home in Osterville,…

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Arnold G. Sharp

Arnold G. Sharp

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death September 3, 2005 of Arnold G. Sharp at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after a brief illness.  He was…

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Auguste K. Clough

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death August 9, 2005 of retiree Auguste K. Clough of Wentworth, NH after a brief illness.  He was 93. Born…

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Charles A. Black

Charles A. Black

The Institution has received word of the death August 4, 2005 of Honorary Member of the Corporation Charles A. Black at his home in Woodside, CA of complications from a…

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John M. Hunt

John M. Hunt

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death July 23, 2005 of Scientist Emeritus John M. Hunt of Falmouth at the Royal Nursing Center in Falmouth after…

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Janice Reis Battee

Janice Reis Battee

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death July 15, 2005 of Janice Reis Battee of East Falmouth at JML Care Center in Falmouth after a long…

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Herman Wagner

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death May 13, 2005 of retiree Herman Wagner in Jacksonville, Florida. He was 66. Herman Wagner was born January 6,…

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Robert H. Heinmiller, Jr.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death April 25, 2005 of former employee Robert H. Heinmiller, Jr. after a long illness in Virginia. He was 64.

Bob Heinmiller was born in El Paso, Texas, December 17, 1940 and received B.S degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962.
He joined the WHOI staff in July 1962 as a research assistant working in the Theoretical Oceanography and Meteorology Department with Eric Kraus and Columbus Iselin, who was Department Chair. He transferred to the Applied Oceanography Department in July 1964 to work with Earl Hays and others on the moroed array program servicing current meters and other instruments for deployment on moorings. He was appointed a research associate in 1966 and assumed responsibility for the buoy operations group and all at-sea operations. He was named research specialist in 1973. Bob took a leave of absence in January 1977 to serve as executive manager of the U.S. POLYMODE program at MIT, deciding to leave WHOI the following year to continue his appointment with POLYMODE.

Further information will be posted when avaialable.

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