William Fergus Perrin - a marine mammalogist ‘for all seasons’

DOLAR, LOUELLA; BARBIERI, MARCO; CRESPO, ENRIQUE A.; PALACIOS, DANIEL M.; PASTENE, LUIS A.; PONNAMPALAM, LOUISA S.; RAJAMANI, LEELA; REYES, JULIO C.; ROJAS-BRACHO, LORENZO; SECCHI, EDUARDO R.; HOINSOUDÉ SEGNIAGBETO, GABRIEL; SICILIANO, SALVATORE; SUTARIA, DIPANI NITI; URBÁN R., JORGE; WANG, JOHN Y.; YAMADA, TADASU K.; VAN WAEREBEEK, KOEN

THE LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC MAMMALS

EDITORIAL BRASILEIRA

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2022 vol. 17 p. 133 - 141

1676-7497

On 11 July 2022, marine mammalogist Dr. William F. “Bill” Perrin passed away peacefully at the age of 83 in San Diego, California. He is survived by his wife Louella Dolar and two sons, Benedict and Joey. Bill Perrin significantly impacted marine mammal research and conservation throughout the world. He spent almost all his career at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) in La Jolla, California, where he started working as a temporary biological technician in 1966 until he retired as a senior scientist in 2013. He served a total of 45 years as a full-time employee (29 years of which as a senior scientist) and two years as a temporary part-time employee. Before working at NOAA, he was a seasonal aid at the California Department of Fish and Game for two years (1963-1965).