Once called the βpoet laureateβ of deep-sea creatures, he melded science with art in paintings, books and a notable life-size installation in New York.
Richard Ellis in 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History, in front of the life-size blue whale he helped build. In fusing his artistic flair with an encyclopedic knowledge of ocean creatures, Mr. Ellis became invaluable to conservationists and educators.
A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age.
Nancy Dubler, director of the bioethics division at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, spoke in 2005 with Fred Haber, who was at his wifeβs bedside after a mediation session.