Commander Ray E. Sundean passed away on March 8, 1980. Commander Sundean was appointed as a deck office on July 1, 1958 and commissioned as an Ensign on July 10, 1958. He swerve aboard the NOAA Ships HODGSON, PATHFINDER, FAIRWEATHER, and OCEANOGRAPHER.

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PARTIAL INFORMATION FROM NOAA CORPS BULLETIN, 4/1/1980