Judith K. Munk, 81, the beloved wife of Scripps oceanographer Walter Munk, died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA.
Judith was the daughter of Winter Davis and Edith KENDALL Horton. She was raised in Los Angeles before attending Bennington College in Vermont, where she received a degree in arts and architecture. She was renowned as an artist, sculptress, architect and an advocate and close friend of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego.
In 1951, Judith was employed as an illustrator and materials assistant at Scripps Aquarium and, shortly thereafter, met Walter, who had been affiliated with Scripps since 1939. She inspired Walter to take an interest in the tidal problems of Venice, Italy, and threats to its art treasures. She accompanied him on expeditions and scientific visits to remote locations. Their many travels included sabbaticals to the United Kingdom, visits to oceanographers in China, and a cross-country expedition across the Soviet Union. Also to American Samoa for the Waves Across the Pacific project.
Survivors include her husband, Walter; daughters, Edie Munk of La Jolla and Kendall Munk of State College, Pa.; brothers, Edward Horton of Houston and Winter Horton of Pasadena; sister, Amanda Stork of Westwood; and three grandsons.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Judith was the daughter of Winter Davis and Edith KENDALL Horton. She was raised in Los Angeles before attending Bennington College in Vermont, where she received a degree in arts and architecture. She was renowned as an artist, sculptress, architect and an advocate and close friend of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego.
In 1951, Judith was employed as an illustrator and materials assistant at Scripps Aquarium and, shortly thereafter, met Walter, who had been affiliated with Scripps since 1939. She inspired Walter to take an interest in the tidal problems of Venice, Italy, and threats to its art treasures. She accompanied him on expeditions and scientific visits to remote locations. Their many travels included sabbaticals to the United Kingdom, visits to oceanographers in China, and a cross-country expedition across the Soviet Union. Also to American Samoa for the Waves Across the Pacific project.
Survivors include her husband, Walter; daughters, Edie Munk of La Jolla and Kendall Munk of State College, Pa.; brothers, Edward Horton of Houston and Winter Horton of Pasadena; sister, Amanda Stork of Westwood; and three grandsons.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Judith K. Munk, 81, the beloved wife of Scripps oceanographer Walter Munk, died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA.
Judith was the daughter of Winter Davis and Edith KENDALL Horton. She was raised in Los Angeles before attending Bennington College in Vermont, where she received a degree in arts and architecture. She was renowned as an artist, sculptress, architect and an advocate and close friend of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego.
In 1951, Judith was employed as an illustrator and materials assistant at Scripps Aquarium and, shortly thereafter, met Walter, who had been affiliated with Scripps since 1939. She inspired Walter to take an interest in the tidal problems of Venice, Italy, and threats to its art treasures. She accompanied him on expeditions and scientific visits to remote locations. Their many travels included sabbaticals to the United Kingdom, visits to oceanographers in China, and a cross-country expedition across the Soviet Union. Also to American Samoa for the Waves Across the Pacific project.
Survivors include her husband, Walter; daughters, Edie Munk of La Jolla and Kendall Munk of State College, Pa.; brothers, Edward Horton of Houston and Winter Horton of Pasadena; sister, Amanda Stork of Westwood; and three grandsons.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Judith was the daughter of Winter Davis and Edith KENDALL Horton. She was raised in Los Angeles before attending Bennington College in Vermont, where she received a degree in arts and architecture. She was renowned as an artist, sculptress, architect and an advocate and close friend of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego.
In 1951, Judith was employed as an illustrator and materials assistant at Scripps Aquarium and, shortly thereafter, met Walter, who had been affiliated with Scripps since 1939. She inspired Walter to take an interest in the tidal problems of Venice, Italy, and threats to its art treasures. She accompanied him on expeditions and scientific visits to remote locations. Their many travels included sabbaticals to the United Kingdom, visits to oceanographers in China, and a cross-country expedition across the Soviet Union. Also to American Samoa for the Waves Across the Pacific project.
Survivors include her husband, Walter; daughters, Edie Munk of La Jolla and Kendall Munk of State College, Pa.; brothers, Edward Horton of Houston and Winter Horton of Pasadena; sister, Amanda Stork of Westwood; and three grandsons.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
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