Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Kenneth “Ken” Houtler on September 20. He was 54. Ken was born on October 27, 1966,…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Robert L. James on August 29, 2021, at his home in Greenwich, CT., surrounded by those…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Bryan Scott Way on August 17 in Mashpee, Mass., after a valiant decade-long battle with cancer. He…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Richard L. Koehler at home after a period of declining health. He was 89. Born in Lansing,…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Thomas A Bouché on June 24 at home surrounded by his family.  He was 69. Tom was…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Life Trustee Gerald W. Blakeley, Jr., on July 2 at his summer home in Osterville, Mass.  He was…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee John “Jack” Wise on Sunday, June 13 in Princeton, NJ. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Lewis James Saffron on May 18.  He was 63. Lew “Papa Lew” was a devoted husband…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of long-time GFD participant, Charles R. Doering, on May 15, after a challenging year with esophageal cancer.  He was…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Andrew Konnerth Jr. Andrew departed this life on February 7, 2021, which was also the anniversary of…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of AOP&E Adjunct Scientist Peter Fox on March 27. He was 61. Dr. Fox served as editor-in-chief of Earth…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Lewis Eugene Karchner on February 6 of COVID 19 complications.  He was 72. Lew was born…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Life Trustee Louis W. Cabot on January 29 at his home in the Tenants Harbor village of…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Member of the Corporation, James Hunter Orr, Jr., on January 17. James was born and raised in…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Member of the Corporation, Denman Kittredge McNear, of natural causes on January 5 at his assisted living…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former Trustee and Life Trustee, Thomas Darragh Mullins II, at his home in Lambert’s Cove on Martha’s Vineyard…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former volunteer Fred Joseph Ravens Jr., on January 6, 2021, due to complications of COVID-19.  He was 94.…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Guest Investigator, former Director of Research, and former Trustee and Life Trustee, Robert (Bob) A. Frosch on December…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Hartley Hoskins on January 1, 2021. He was 82. Over a career of 57 years at WHOI,…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Scientist Emeritus Susumu Honjo on December 23 surrounded by his family.  He was 87. Sus’s pioneering work as…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of WHOI Life Trustee Coleman P. Burke on November 8 at his home in Bedford, NY. He was 79. Loved for…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Mirth Nan Miller of Ocean Park, WA, on May 21 at her home. She was 71.…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Robert Hessler on October 17 at a hospice care facility in Douglas, Ariz.  He was 87.…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Guest Investigator Sherri Ann (Goldberg) Eldridge on September 14 in Boston, Mass. Sherri was the beloved wife of…