Nelson Marshall

Nelson Marshall, a former Professor of Oceanography and Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island, passed away March 25, 2009, at the age of 94 in Portland, Oregon. Nelson received his PhD at the University of Florida in 1941 and had an active career at multiple institutions, chronicled in his book "In the Wake of a Great Yankee Oceanographer". During his retirement, Nelson maintained an active interest in oceanography first at Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and then at Oregon State University. Nelson wrote a series of books, and his final book "Oceanography: An Observer's Guide" will be released shortly through IAN Press. Contact details for his family can be obtained via ian@umces.edu.