Director Of Dauphin Island Sea Lab DiesDr. L. Scott Quackenbush, the Executive Director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is Alabama's primary marine education and research center. Located on the eastern tip of Dauphin Island, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, the DISL is the home site of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium and founded by an act of the , died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 56 years old. Dr. Quackenbush took over the Sea Lab in July. He was previously Associate Dean for Marine Science Programs and Marine Lab Director at Humbolt State University in Arcata, California Arcata is a city, adjacent to Humboldt Bay, in Humboldt County, California, United States. The population was 16,651 during the 2000 Census. This college town is home to both the Humboldt State University and the Humboldt Crabs, a successful semi-professional baseball team. . "We are shocked and saddened by Dr. Quackenbush's death," said USA President Gordon Moulton, Chair of the Sea Lab's Executive Committee. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this sorrowful sor·row·ful adj. Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad. sor  row·ful·ly adv. time."Dr. Quackenbush is survived by his wife, Dr. Teri Butler, a science teacher at Theodore High School, and children Ben, 20; Seth, 18; and Hannah, 15. A memorial service is planned for 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Dauphin Dauphin, town, Canada Dauphin (dô`fĭn), town (1991 pop. 8,453), SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and distribution center for an agricultural, lumbering, and fishing area. Island United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). . In lieu of flowers, the family is asking donations be made to: The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation P.O. Box 438 Dauphin Island, AL 36528 
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