[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S1997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO MARC HERSHMAN

 Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, today I honor Marc Hershman, a 
professor and former director of the University of Washington School of 
Marine Affairs and adjunct professor at the school of law, for his 
exceptional public service to our country. Since 1972, Professor 
Hershman has been a valued leader, colleague, and mentor in the fields 
of marine policy, coastal zone management, marine ports and 
transportation, and law.
  Mr. President, it is my sad duty today to report that Professor 
Hershman passed away on Monday, February 18. Today, I want to extend my 
condolences to his entire family, including his wife Carol, his 
daughter Carla, his son Jordan, and his sister Susan.
  Professor Hershman led faculty and students engaged in teaching and 
research on integrated coastal zone management, ports and 
transportation, living marine resource management, marine protected 
areas, impacts of climate change, and other ocean issues. He had more 
than 30 years of experience in the study of ocean and coastal law and 
policy. In 1972, he founded the Coastal Management Journal and served 
as its editor in chief. He served as president of The Coastal Society, 
was a cofounder of the Marine Affairs and Policy Association, and was 
an active member of the nationwide Ocean Governance Study Group. He was 
the founder and a board member of Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center on 
Seattle's central waterfront.
  Over the years, Professor Hershman was the recipient of several 
awards in the marine policy field. As voted by his peers, he was the 
first to receive the biennial Orville T. Magoon Service Award, which 
recognized his long-time Achievement Award and was twice presented with 
the Distinguished Service Award from the Coastal Society. In 2001, at 
the recommendation of U.S. House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt, 
Professor Hershman was selected by President George W. Bush to serve on 
the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
  Recently, Professor Hershman was working on ocean policy in 
Washington State. He led 25 students in preparing ocean policy 
recommendations to the Governor's Ocean Policy Working Group. In 
collaboration with NOAA's Sea Grant Program and various State agencies, 
Professor Hershman developed the groundwork for a marine policy 
fellowship program in the State government, to be called the Hershman 
Fellowship.
  I extend my condolences to Professor Hershman's family and friends. 
His passing is a loss not only to his family and those who knew him but 
to academia and the entire field of marine policy.

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