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Deceased Members of the Explorers Club 1904 to 1 September 2011 Deceased Members of The Explorers Club 1904 to 1 September 2011 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Abbott Robert T. 1919 1995 Abelson Nathaniel O. 1920 2000 Abercrombie William R. 1857 Abercrombie David T. 1867 1931 Abrams Talbert 1895 1990 Adam Yaacov Kubel 1922 2002 Adams Al A. 1912 2009 Adelson Judah 1922 1999 Adelson Howard L. 1925 2004 Adney Tappan Edwin 1865 1950 Agathon Oshin 1904 1986 Agogino George 1920 Aikens Charles W. 1925 1991 Ainsworth Sterling Kurvis 1939 2005 Aitken Russell Barnett 1906 2002 Akeley Carl Ethan 1864 1926 Aker Raymond 1920 2003 Al Akl Fouad Mikhail 1903 1971 Albert 1st Prince of Monaco 1848 1922 Albrecht Clarence John 1891 Albrecht Conrad Earl 1905 1997 Albright Horace Marden 1890 1997 Aldcroftt Richard B. 1871 1953 Aldrich Herbert Lincoln 1860 1948 Alexander Alex Emil 1905 Ali Salim 1896 1987 Allegro John Marco 1923 1990 Allen Miner Wickliff 1879 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Allen Hans Van Nes 1992 Allen Edward Weber 1885 1976 Allen Arthur Augustus 1885 1964 Allis James Ashton 1881 1970 Allis Frederick Ashton 1910 2001 Allyn Earl Raymond 1911 1990 Alport Bernard 1918 1976 Amadon Dean 1912 2003 Amberson Julius Martin 1895 1988 Ambrose Michael Stewart 1913 Amedeo Duc D'Abruzzi 1873 1933 Ammon R. Theodore 1949 Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravnin 1872 1928 An der Lan Johannes Antonius 1909 Andenberg Sten Torgny Victor 1919 2000 Andersen Folmer 1883 1948 Andersen Karsten 1890 1973 Andersen Thorvald Joseph 1884 Anderson John Richard Lane 1911 1981 Anderson Carl Elmore 1906 1983 Anderson William Robert 1921 2007 Anderson Rudolph Martin 1876 1961 Anderson Richard Kerfoot 1909 1984 Anderson Brent Rhodes 1924 1981 Anderson Bern 1900 Anderson William J. [or T.] 1880 Anderson Maxie L. 1934 1983 Anderson, Jr. Clay J. 1925 1982 Andersson Kingsley Sherman 1902 1980 Andrew Warren 1910 1982 Andrews Roy Chapman 1884 1960 Andronikos Manolis 1919 1993 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Angel John Bartlett 1913 1993 Annenberg Walter H. 1908 2002 Anthony Harold Elmer 1890 1970 Anton Evan J. 1913 1994 Antrim Joseph Carson 1915 2003 Antrim John Carson 1919 1999 Apley Julian Harold 1924 2007 Archbold Richard 1907 1976 Archbold John Dana 1910 1993 Arctowski Hendryk 1871 1954 Arkin Andrew J. 1924 2009 Armstrong Gordon Clark 1907 1996 Arnold Louise Turner 1915 2006 Arnold Ralph 1875 Arnquist Warren Nelson 1905 1992 Artaud Theodore P. 1876 Arundel Russell M. 1902 1978 Ash Frank Clark 1888 1972 Ashley Clifford W. 1881 1947 Asimov Isaac 1906 1992 Astrom Paul Fredrik 1929 2008 Atamian Sarkis Nmi 1923 2005 Athearn Folger 1906 1963 Athearn, Jr. Folger "Jerry" 1934 2000 Atkinson Perry 1902 1962 Atwood Robert 1907 1997 Aubey Millard Henry 1910 1958 Auer Vaino 1895 1981 Aughinbaugh William Edmund 1871 Austin Fred L. 1914 2003 Austin, Jr. Oliver Luther 1903 1988 Axilbund George M. 1923 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Ayer James Cook 1862 Ayer, II Frederick 1908 Ayer, III Frederick 1938 Ayres Frederick Donald 1906 1970 Bachmann Robert Alexander 1879 1957 Bading Willy Peter 1923 1991 Bahr Abel William 1877 Bailey Edward P. 1867 Bailey Alfred M. 1894 1978 Bailey Dana Kavanagh 1916 1999 Bajkov Alexander Dimitri 1894 1955 Bakenhus R. E. 1873 Baker Frank Crowell 1895 1991 Baker Norval Everett 1895 1973 Bakewell Anderson 1913 1999 Bakewell Anderson Duke 1948 Balchen Bernt 1899 1973 Balderston William 1896 Baldwin Carey Nelson 1902 1981 Balfour Robin Arthur Lord Riverda 1901 Balinky Jean Lahn 1933 1983 Ball Edmund Ferdinand 1905 2000 Ball Sydney Hobart 1878 1949 Ball Virginia B. 1919 2003 Ballen Samuel Bernard 1922 2007 Ballinger Walter F. 1925 2011 Baltin Elias L. 1919 2010 Bandelier Adolph 1840 1914 Bangham Walter Nicholas 1903 1954 Bangsted Helge 1898 Banigan Louis 1883 Bank Ted 1923 1981 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Banks Clifford Lawrence 1921 1981 Banning Charles H. 1869 Bannon Thomas Charles 1890 1961 Baragwanath John Gordon 1888 1965 Barber Guthrie Y. Barbour Thomas 1884 1946 Barger Thomas Charles 1909 1988 Barjak Emil 1942 1990 Barker Reginald Astley 1871 Barkhuus Arne 1906 1996 Barley George M. 1934 Barlow Wallace D. 1901 1985 Barnes James 1866 1936 Barnes Charles E. 1897 1966 Barnes, Jr. Howel H. 1875 1963 Barnett Ralph 1914 1999 Barnitz Wirt Whitcomb 1887 1982 Barnum Robert H. 1910 Baron Frederick J. 1895 1978 Barr James Hartley 1930 2001 Barrett Samuel Alfred 1879 1965 Barrett John 1866 Barrett Willam Felton 1916 2004 Barry Charles Bartle Thomas P. 1939 2000 Bartlett Rupert Wilford 1921 2005 Bartlett Robert Abram 1875 1946 Barto Robert I. 1917 1980 Barton Rexford W. 1898 1968 Barton Otis 1899 1997 Barton Alexander J. 1924 1999 Bary Howard Y. 1896 1966 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Bascom Willard Newcomb 1916 2000 Baskerville Thomas H. 1865 1946 Bass Gerry William 1932 2010 Bass John 1866 1931 Bassett Walter Guy 1889 1968 Bassett D. Lee 1918 1990 Bassler Harvey 1883 1950 Bates Donald Howbert 1925 2010 Batten John 1912 1989 Battista Arthur F. 1920 1995 Bauer Paul Sherman 1904 1977 Baumgardt Bernhard Richard 1862 Baxter Dow V. 1898 1965 Baxter Alexander 1884 1962 Bay Helmuth 1895 1964 Baylis John S. 1884 1971 Baynes Ernest Harold 1868 Beach William N. 1872 1955 Beach Rex E. 1877 1949 Beall Paul R. 1909 1987 Beals Carlyle Smith 1899 1979 Bear Fred B. 1902 1988 Beard Daniel Carter 1850 1941 Beardslee Lisle R. 1879 1963 Beatty Donald C. 1900 1980 Beauchamp William Bayne 1902 1951 Beauparlant Albert J. 1917 1987 Beck John Roland 1929 2003 Beck Edward Lancelot 1883 1962 Becker Peter 1921 1984 Becker Ernest Lovell 1923 1986 Beckwith Edward P. 1877 1966 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Bedell Ralph C. 1904 1991 Bedford Jimmy B. 1927 1990 Beebe William 1877 1962 Beers Yardley Linn 1913 2005 Behrens, Jr. William W. 1922 1986 Behrman Darryl 1950 2002 Beirn James T. 1932 1983 Bell Dudley D. 1907 1980 Bell S. Alexander 1899 1982 Bement Louis G. [or C.] Bendelius Albert 1913 2002 Benington Frederick 1916 1997 Bennett George Sutherland 1887 1951 Bennett Hugh H. 1881 1960 Bennett Robert Root 1865 1934 Benninghoff William S. 1918 1993 Bennington Kenneth Oliver 1916 2005 Bennison Allan Parnell 1918 2004 Bent Arthur C. 1866 1954 Bentley James A. 1901 1978 Berg Thomas L. 1930 Berg Philip Jay 1902 1983 Berger Andrew John 1915 1995 Bergman Sten 1895 1975 Bergman Russell Theodore 1904 1999 Berkey Charles P. 1867 1955 Berkner Lloyd Viel 1905 1967 Berman Martin 1938 1984 Bernard Theos Casimir 1908 1947 Bernheim Claude 1905 Berol Kenneth R. 1925 1990 Berol Alfred C. 1892 1974 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Berrey, III Robert Wilson 1929 Berrie Peter M. 1939 1998 Berry J. Leslie 1896 1967 Bertholf Ellsworth P. 1866 Biese Leo P. 1932 1991 Bingham Hiram 1875 1955 Bird Roland T. 1899 1978 Bird Junius B. 1907 1982 Birdseye Claude H. 1878 1941 Birnbaum Martin 1878 1970 Bisch Jorgen 1922 2005 Bishop Mortimer 1861 1942 Bishop Freeman C. 1906 1987 Bishop William 1919 1999 Bishop Barry C. 1932 1994 Bishop, III Robert Hamilton 1916 1964 Bisplinghoff Raymond L. 1917 1985 Black Corwin 1885 1967 Black Edna Frances 1925 2001 Black James F. 1919 1988 Black Murray Duncan 1930 Black Richard B. 1902 1992 Black Craig C. 1932 1998 Blackburn Frederick P. 1941 2003 Blackman Robert D. 1874 1950 Blain Daniel 1898 1982 Blain, Jr. Daniel 1938 1987 Blair Henry S. 1876 1957 Blair Robert R. 1928 1989 Blair, Jr. Charles F. 1909 1978 Blakemore Thomas L. 1915 1994 Blauvelt Hiram B. 1897 1957 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Bleitz Donald L. 1915 1986 Blickman Saul 1888 1960 Bliss Theodore 1880 Bliven Albert L. 1989 1966 Blodgett George R. 1895 1953 Blois Maraden S. 1891 1964 Blom Gertrude B. 1901 1993 Blom Frans 1893 1963 Blomberg Rolf David 1912 1996 Blumberg Baruch Samuel 1925 2011 Boardman Kennedy 1891 1958 Boggs Whittemore S. 1889 1954 Boise Charles W. 1884 1964 Boiteau Pierre L. 1911 1980 Bolan Michael J. 1865 1944 Bolin Fredrik Thorstein 1931 2005 Bolling Robert H. Bolstad Bjorn Gunvald 1915 2005 Bond Geoffrey 1912 1983 Booth Raymond E. 1901 1981 Booth Ernest S. 1915 1984 Borden Charles Barry 1912 Boren Lamar L. 1919 1986 Borup George 1885 1912 Botved Anders P. 1895 Bova Benjamin W. 1932 Bowditch Charles 1842 1921 Bower John O. 1901 1981 Bowers Sydney D. 1923 2000 Bowman Isaiah 1878 1950 Boxell Walter L. 1903 1974 Boyce Alfred M. 1901 1997 Last Name First Name Middle Name(s) Birth Year Death Year Boyd Walter Willard 1898 1981 Bradbury Basil C. 1929 1994 Brainard David Legge 1856 1946 Braman Harold Pier 1901 Brand Albert Rich 1889 1940 Brand Donald D. 1905 Brandreth Courtenay 1891 1947 Brass Leonard John 1900 1971 Brauer Ralph Werner 1921 2000 Brayman George 1901 1990 Brecker Richard Lee 1921 2005 Breed John B. 1917 1983 Brenner Edgar H. 1930 2010 Brent Stanford F. 1910 1998 Brett-Surman Kenneth Hayton 1906 1959 Brewster Kingman 1882 1957 Brice Richard T. 1910 Bridgeman Herbert Lawrence 1844 1924 Briesemeister William A. 1895 1967 Briggs Lloyd Cabot 1909 1975 Bright David Alexander 1957 2006 Brill, Jr. Kenneth Gray 1910 2007 Brinkley Carlin Lewis 1891 1952 Britell Patrick 1907 1967 Bronson Edgar B. 1856 Brooks John Crawford 1914 1988 Brooks Alfred Halse 1871 1924 Brooks Berry Boswell 1902 1974 Brooks Harlow 1861 1936 Brost Robert Vincent 1906 Browder J. 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