American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006).
Born July 30th, 1920 in Ypsilanti. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2006 at 86 years old in Nyack (infarction). [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde