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Under Randy’s direction, the program mapped the sediment layers in Chesapeake
Bay and produced one of the most comprehensive examinations of estuarine sediments. Randy
was keenly aware of the impacts of sea level rise on Maryland’s coast line and worked
diligently to communicate the implications of these changes to resource managers and the
public. He guided the mapping of shoreline erosion throughout Maryland’s coastal
areas and led the effort to locate offshore sand deposits used to replenish beaches along
Ocean City and Assateague Island.
More than 150 friends, family and colleagues gathered at the Living Classrooms Foundation in the Fells Point area of Baltimore to christen the 51-ft. research vessel. Speakers included Dr. Jeff Halka (one of Randy’s colleagues), Dr. Emery Cleaves (Director of the Maryland Geological Survey), Dr. Paul Massicot (former Director of DNR’s Resource Assessment Service), Dr. Sarah Taylor-Rogers (former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources), and Karen Kerhin (Randy’s wife). The R/V Kerhin will be actively doing its part to fulfill the mission of the Department’s Resource Assessment Service...to restore, protect, and manage Maryland’s aquatic ecosystems for current and future generations. |
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On August 24, 1999, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources acknowledged the
many scientific and educational contributions of Randall T. Kerhin to the State of
Maryland by re-naming the Research Vessel Discovery and officially christening the
