Professions: Discovered the ruins of a substantial ancient seaport, by then partly submerged; based on this and other archaeological finds, became deeply involved both with the American Institute of Archaeology and the history department at the University of Washington; described his sailing adventures in his book Sail Far Away (1978); in the summer of 2005, completed and published an English translation of a World War I diary, Tagebuch Im Kriege, by the German physician and poet Hans Carossa; General of America Insurance (now Safeco) brought him to Seattle in 1951 to set up and head its then-new marine insurance division; worked in New York and Chicago as a marine insurance underwriter with The Atlantic Mutual.

Passions: Sailed for many summers on the coasts of Maine, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland; circumnavigated the North Atlantic, including Cape Verde and the Salvage Islands, in 1991; sailed from Venezuela to Florida and then shipped the boat to Seattle; served as president of the Seattle area Harvard Club and chaired the visiting committee of the history department of the University of Washington; held offices in the Cruising Club of America and belonged to the Explorers Club and the Ocean Cruising Club; participated actively in both the Seattle and Corinthian yacht clubs for half a century.

Degrees: S.B. Harvard, 1937.

Death: September 17, 2006.

From NWSource.