[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING DR. GERARD J. MANGONE

 Mr. COONS. Mr. President, I wish to honor Dr. Gerard J. 
Mangone's life of service to this country and my home State of 
Delaware. Dr. Mangone passed away on Wednesday, July 27 at his home in 
Newark, DE. He was 92.
  Born in the Bronx in 1918, Dr. Mangone's career as an international 
legal scholar spanned close to six decades, including almost 40 years 
as professor of marine policy at the University of Delaware. Dr. 
Mangone received his bachelor's degree from the College of the City of 
New York in 1938. Following 4 years of active military service, he 
earned his master's degree and doctoral degree in international law 
from Harvard University in 1947 and 1949 respectively. His dissertation 
won the Charles Sumner Award for the most distinguished contribution to 
international peace.
  Before joining the University of Delaware, Dr. Mangone held faculty 
and administrative positions at institutions including Wesleyan 
University, Swarthmore College, and Syracuse University, where he 
served as associate and acting dean of the Maxwell Graduate School of 
Citizenship and Public Affairs, as well as Temple University, where he 
served as dean for the College of Liberal Arts, vice president for 
academic affairs, and provost.
  Dr. Mangone was appointed soon thereafter as executive director of 
the President's Commission on the United Nations during the creation of 
its Convention on the Law of the Sea and was the first senior fellow at 
the new Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. Dr. Mangone 
also served as a consultant to the White House, U.S. Department of 
State, the United Nations, Japan, the Ford Foundation, and the Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace.
  Dr. Mangone joined the University of Delaware in 1972 as professor of 
marine studies and political science. In 1973, he created the Center 
for the Study of Marine Policy--the first research center at an 
American university to study the legal, political, and economic issues 
facing the ocean, seabed, and coastal zone--and served as its director 
for the next 16 years. In 2003, the center was renamed in his honor as 
the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy.
  Dr. Mangone initiated the International Straits of the World book 
series in 1978 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. For this 
series, he contracted with authors from around the globe to provide 
detailed information on some of the world's most critical navigation 
passages, much of which is still used today.
  Dr. Mangone earned numerous accolades throughout his career. He was a 
visiting professor at Yale University, Mt. Holyoke College, Trinity 
College, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins University as well as 
a visiting lecturer at the University of Bologna, Peking University, 
the University of Natal, Capetown University, and the University of 
Western Australia. At Calcutta University in India, he was honored as 
the Tagore Law Professor, and at the University of Delaware, he 
received the most distinguished faculty award as Francis Alison 
Professor. In 2010, UD awarded Dr. Mangone an honorary doctor of 
science degree.
  The Young Scholars Award, which recognizes promising and accomplished 
faculty at the University of Delaware, was named in his honor. In 
celebration of his 90th birthday in 2008, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 
established the Gerard J. Mangone Prize to be awarded annually to the 
author of the best contribution published in the International Journal 
of Marine and Coastal Law, of which Dr. Mangone was editor-in-chief.
  With his remarkable energy and constant dedication to academic 
excellence, Dr. Mangone was an exemplary mentor, having advised 45 
University of Delaware students in achieving graduate degrees. He wrote 
more than 20 books and edited 25 others, and he authored scores of 
scholarly papers.
  Dr. Mangone's vision, passion, and dedication forever changed the way 
we view and manage our ocean resources. His contributions to marine and 
coastal policy will continue to have a lasting effect on our country 
and our world for generations. Dr. Mangone made a significant impact in 
his field and his legacy will live on in his students, his ideas, and 
his influence on our laws and international agreements.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in remembering Dr. Gerard J. 
Mangone.

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