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Dr. Nathan W. Riser

Swampscott, Massachusetts

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Of Swampscott, July 26, 2006, age 86. Former Chairman of the Biology Department at Northeastern University and Director of the N.U. Marine Science Center at Nahant. Researcher in Maine Biology for sixty years. World War II Navy Veteran. Survived by his wife Jean; three children; six...

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Doc was always a joy to be around and managed to put a smile on my face on even the bleakest days of my life as a graduate student. I remember one time he was helping me with a project and told me that I could come to him for help any time his office door was open, but if the door was closed . . . he was in there with another woman. Funny enough to hear this little old man saying such a thing, but to then realize he's talking about a marine worm that he's been coxing to spawn, well I'll...