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Llewellya Hillis

North Falmouth, Massachusetts

1930 - 2019

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Hillis, LlewellyaCoral reef biologist, professor, and pioneer for the standing of women in science and in life, Llewellya Hillis, died March 23, 2019, on Cape Cod, MA at the age of 89. Born in 1930 during the depression in Walkerville, Ontario - her father was a foreman at the Ford plant and her...

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Llewellya befriended me after a ceremonial award for "Woman Pioneer in Science" was given to Marie Tharpe, who mapped the ocean floor and realized theories of plate tectonics and continental drift. Marie's gift was my ceramic work of melted seafloor sediment glazes -- that caught Llewellya's attention and we saw each other many times after. I fired some Halimeda and I will hunt though boxes to see if it's in my possession in which case I will give it to the family. We shared many unspoken...