Passed away peacefully on December 10, 2023, at his home in Timberlea, with his wife and children by his side. Born in 1939 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Omer L. and Loretta B. Fournier, Bob grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, with his older sister, Claire, younger sister, Diane, and younger brother, Richard. They married in 1962, a year after Bob graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Ecology. Bob went on to complete an MSc in Biological Oceanography at the College of William and Mary in 1963 and returned to the University of Rhode Island for his PhD. Bob was a natural educator and chatted about science topics in a way that was captivating and easy to understand.
