Martin A. Buzas ’60 ScM

Martin A. Buzas ’60 ScM, of Washington, D.C.; Nov. 8. He enlisted in the Navy at 17 and attended the selective Naval Air Technical Training Center. He was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base and flew in the Pacific Theater during the Korean War as a radio operator. He graduated from UConn in 1958, Brown in 1960, and earned a PhD from Yale in 1963. He had a distinguished career as curator of Benthic Foraminifera at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History beginning in 1963 and continuing until his death. He was the author and/or coauthor of 15 books and more than 100 scientific papers. His accomplishments were recognized by many honors and awards, foremost being the Joseph A. Cushman Award for excellence in foraminiferal research in 2004, the Paleontological Society Medal in 2004, and the Brady Medal from the Micropalaeontological Society in 2015. Also a teacher and a mentor, he advised numerous graduate students and post-doctoral fellows during his career. He is survived by three children, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two sisters.