With sadness we share the passing of John M. Kingsbury, MBLSociety Emeritus member who died on May 27, 2023. He was 94.  The MBLflag will be lowered in his memory.

Kingbury was a professor emeritus of botany at Cornell University and was founder of Shoals Marine Laboratory in Maine. He was an instructor in the Ůֱ’s Botany course from 1958 to 1961 and course lecturer from 1965 to 1966.