Dr. John Mark Dean is my husband’s father. He passed away on March 27, 2025. He had been declining from Alzheimer’s, but he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones at home.
This page is dedicated to saving the large amounts of information describing John. There is just too much that did not fit into the obituary.
Please send me your pictures of John! Send via email orangesophie AT gmail.com
I wrote his obituary with input from his siblings, son, wife, and best friend, Deb Stirling. Here’s the link to the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LjBT6oh8f0mGH62QrbBm6V86J5CpXkxef6fM2h9_Tv0/edit?usp=sharing
Here’s the link to the obit as published by the South Carolina Cremation Society: https://www.afterall.com/obituaries/d-19988745/west-columbia-south-carolina/john-mark-dean/march-2025
Podcast on NPR where John talks about his work in the sustainable seafood industry: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5e9e0fd7-f85a-497d-a296-1ca3113b6a65/episodes/8f882c6a-97b8-4837-86d0-8d50f2b38aad/walter-edgar’s-journal-sustainable-seafood-in-south-carolina
Article on John’s work with the The Billfish Research Project studying Sailfish in Costa Rica: https://columbiametro.com/article/searching-for-sailfish/
Listing of Dr. John Mark Dean as Distinguished Professor Emeritus
in the Department of Earth Ocean and Environment in the College of Arts and Sciences in the University of South Carolina.
Honoring of Dr. John Mark Dean by Cornell College, John’s undergraduate school, as they grant him an honorary Doctorate degree: https://news.cornellcollege.edu/2003/10/10038.html