I remember talking to him briefly at last years's MAM at the Delaware
Museum of Natural History. He didn't look or acted old enough for me to
have guessed that he was 91 then.

Aydin
snailstales.blogspot.com


On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:11:29 -0400, Amy Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>//From Nancy Targett, Dean, College of Marine and Earth Studies,
>University of Delaware://
>
>Dr. Melbourne R. Carriker passed away on 25 Feb 2007, his 92nd
>birthday!  The College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of
>Delaware, will host a ceremony of remembrance on Saturday 5 May 2007 at
>4:00p at the Hugh R. Sharp campus in Lewes adjacent to the garden that
>his students did in his honor in 2001.  We are adding a Korean Bell to
>the garden and at the ceremony we will ring the bell in memory of Mel.
>After that, it will be rung following every successful graduate student
>defense in Lewes.  Following the ceremony there will be a reception at
>the campus.  Then, on Sunday, May 6th, the town of Lewes will place a
>wreath in Mel's memory on the water at their annual Blessing of the
>Fleet (2:00p at the town bridge).///
>
>//Please let us know if you can attend the Saturday event!  Mel asked
>that any donations in his memory be given to the College for the benefit
>of graduate students.  To that end the Melbourne R. Carriker fellowship
>endowment has been established.  Our goal is to offer a graduate
>fellowship in Mel's name every year!//
>
>//For more information contact Sandra Goodley at [log in to unmask]
>
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