Orange County NcArchives Obituaries.....Coker, Robert Ervin 1967
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The News of Orange County, October 5, 1967, Page 5
Robert Ervin Coker of Chapel Hill, died monday at his home. He was 91.
Kenan Professor Emeritus of Zoology at the University of North Carolina in 
Chapel Hill. Pioneer in development of fisheries research. Former president of 
American Society of Zoologists. Former president of the Ecological Society of 
American and Limnological Society of America.
In 1947, he won the Mayflower Cup for his book "This Great and Wide Sea".
In 1950, he was presented the O. Max Gardner Award. The award goes to the 
member of the faculty making the "greatest contribution to the welfare of the 
human race."
He was a member of the distinguished Coker family of South Carolina.
He was born in 1876.
He graduated from the University of North Carolina, received the Ph.D. at John 
Hopkins and received the honorary LL.D. also at Chapel Hill.
He was a developer of the North Carolina seafood industry. His research in the 
coastal waters of North Carolina led to greatly increase commercial value and 
importance of shrimp, oyster and other fisheries.
Named in his honor, is the new Robert E. Coker building (nearing completion) 
at the UNC Marine Research Laboratories in Morehead City.

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