Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Lois Mercado of Appleton, WI, on January 9, 2023.  She was 92.

Lois was born in San […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of long-time volunteer Lloyd S. Beckett Jr., of Falmouth on January 6, 2023, in Bradenton, Florida.

Born in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former WHOI Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD) participant Norman Ronald Lebovitz on December 28, 2022, at his home in […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee John H. Thomson on December 14, 2022. He was 97.

John was born in New […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree John A. Wood, Jr., on December 22 after a lengthy illness. He was 80.

John was the son […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Brian Louis Howes on December 13, 2022, in Sandwich, Mass.  His final days were spent with […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Julio Candela on November 29, 2022.

Julio began his career at WHOI in 1990 as a postdoctoral […]

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, […]