The Return of Thomas Hunt Morgan and Lilian Morgan: A Legacy Reunited in Woods Hole | CAI

Note: MBL Director Nipam Patel and Whitman Scientist Christine Field offered remarks of remembrance at the burial service on Aug. 30. Story and photos to come.

On Saturday, August 30, two scientists with deep connections to the Marine Biological Laboratory will be buried in Woods Hole. That, in itself, is not all that unusual. But who these scientists were, what they accomplished, and how they got here are all nothing short of remarkable.

Thomas Hunt Morgan is best known for winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking work in the emerging field of genetics. That was back in 1933. Morgan’s family later donated his Nobel medal and diploma to the MBL, where it remains on display in the library.

But Morgan’s remains, and those of his wife Lilian, turned out to be much harder to find. .

Source: Thomas Hunt Morgan and Lilian Morgan: A Legacy Reunited in Woods Hole | CAI