Very interesting; I'm happy to see that his legacy lives on at USF! --------------------------------- Ted Smith [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Wilk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [SACKETT] William Malcolm Sackett (c1930-2003) obit > Hi Ted, > > Bill Sackett was my father, and quite a guy! > > The Sackett community may be interested to know that there is an academic > prize named after him. > Called, the Sacket Prize, it is being awarded this coming April 10th, and > our extended Sackett family is gathering together to honor him. You can > read about it here: > > http://usfalumni.net/s/861/internal.aspx?sid=861&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=3217&ecid=3217&crid=0&calpgid=1426&calcid=2789 > > Our best to you and yours, > Susan Sackett-Wilk > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ted Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:43:08 AM > Subject: [SACKETT] William Malcolm Sackett (c1930-2003) obit > >>From St, Petersburg Times: >>http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/05/Tampabay/Dr_William_Sackett_le.shtml > > Obituary > Dr. William Sackett; led marine science studies > By CRAIG BASSE > Published December 5, 2003 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ST. PETERSBURG - Bill Sackett was reared in St. Louis. He saw the ocean > for the first time while working on his doctorate in marine science. > > He once confessed to becoming seasick on his first trip aboard a research > vessel. > > All that was behind him in 1979 when he joined the University of South > Florida St. Petersburg as chairman of its Department of Marine Science, a > post he held until 1983. > > Dr. Sackett, a distinguished research professor, died Sunday (Nov. 30, > 2003) at Palms of Pasadena Hospital, South Pasadena, after a short > illness, his family said. He had multiple sclerosis. He was 73. > > William Malcolm Sackett was born in St. Louis and did his undergraduate, > graduate and doctoral studies at Washington University there. > > Before joining USF, he was a faculty member of the University of Tulsa and > Columbia University. Dr. Sackett also worked at Texas A&M University. > > While at USF, he studied the potential damage of oil spills to the Gulf of > Mexico. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Ann; a brother, Don; two > daughters, Susan Sackett-Wilk, Dallas, and Karen Akins, Stowe, Vt.; and > three grandchildren. > > A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Unitarian Universalist > Church of St. Petersburg, 719 Arlington Ave. N. > > The family suggests memorial contributions to the University of South > Florida Foundation, Sackett Prize for Innovative Research (Fund 266710), > 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33602. > > The Neptune Society of Palm Harbor, is in charge of arrangements. > > - Information from Times files was used in this obituary. > > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >