10 March 2008 -Thomas Henry Winterfeld passed away at age 84 at Baltimore Washington Medical
Center after a week-long illness. Mr. Winterfeld was born Sept.
21, 1923, in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in Berlin, Vienna,
Austria; and Paris. He earned a master's degree at Northwestern
University. He worked as a Oceanographer for the Department of Commerce-NOAA, Unicef, and other agencies. He was IODE Chair at the IODE Committee Sessions in 1979 (New York) and 1981 (Hamburg).
The picture shows Tom surrounded by colleagues and friends at an IODE meeting in
New York 1979. At that time Tom was IODE Chairman. From the left to
the
right you will see the late Steve Tibbitt , Albert Tolkachev, Tom, Dieter Kohnke and Czeslaw Druet. (photo provided by Dieter Kohnke).
Thomas Winterfeld is survived by his wife, Sue T. Newman Winterfeld; son Dorian Winterfeld
of Greenbelt; two stepsons, David Turner and Mark Turner of Queen Anne;
and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Bond Chapel, 6735 Quaker Neck Road in Chestertown. Memorial contributions may be made to
the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058, or
to the American Cancer Society, 1041 Route 3 N., Gambrills, MD 21054.
If you have known Thomas Winterfeld then you can send your message of condolence via
Bert Thompson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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