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FAVORITE, Felix S. (68369)

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Birth

  • Born on March 18, 1925 in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA

Death

  • Died on February 15, 2007 in Seattle, King Co., WA
  • Buried in Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA

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  • Military Service: WW2 US Navy Korea US Navy Submarines Lt. Commander
  • Occupation: Mariner McCormick Lines/ Physical Oceanographer PhD
  • Obituary: Dr. Felix Favorite died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his loving family after a long illness on 2/15/07. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts to Felix C. Favorite and Irene Doyle Favorite on 3/18/25. Felix formed his love of the seas early in his life spending his childhood summers on an Island in Maine. He received an appointment to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy where he graduated with honors, became an Ensign at 19 and served on surface ships during World War II. Following the war he joined the McCormick Lines and traveled the world. At the age of 23 he became one of the youngest men to earn his Masters Papers, in the Maritime Service. During the Korean War he joined the Submarine Service, saying he had watched ships blown up by Submarines in the North Atlantic during the war and thought it would be interesting to serve under the water this time. He earned his Gold Dolphins from the Submarine Service, leaving the service as a Lt. Commander to return to college after the Korean War. His love of the water led him to the University of Washington School of Oceanography, the only complete School of Oceanography in the country at that time, where he earned his second B.S. degree and his Masters degree in Physical Oceanography. He joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, which later became N.O.A.A. as one of their first Physical Oceanographers. He became known in the field as "Mr. Bering Sea" because he was the first to send Scientist out on fishing vessels to do Oceanographic experiments in the North Pacific and the Bering Sea. Returning to school in his late 30s he earned his PhD with a 4.0 grade point average. Dr. Favorite was the United States Delegate on The North Pacific Salmon Commission along with Delegates from the then Soviet Union, Japan and Canada. He authored several Scientific Journals and books and he is credited with discovering a warm water current off of Japan, he was a member of the New York Academy of Science, Society of Sigma Si and a Life Member of the University of Washington Alumni Association, he was entered in Who's Who in America and the Blue Book of England, and in 1973 he received the Silver Medal from the Dept. of Commerce for Meritorious Service. Following his retirement he turned to his second love painting and exhibited his paintings in Seattle and Paris, France. Dr. Favorite is survived by his beloved wife of 55 years, Betty L. Favorite, two daughters, Lee Favorite Blackstock, Kim C. Favorite and two sons, Kit C. Favorite and Felix Scott Favorite and his wife, Benita. He is also survived by his Grandson, Scott N. Blackstock, his sister, Phyllis Favorite Thorne, and a brother, John A. Favorite. Memorial Services will be held on March 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the University of Washington Ocean Sciences Scholarship Fund or the Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church Deacons Fund.

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