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January 13, 1929 – February 5, 2016

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Fendall Marbury, 87, of Annapolis, MD passed away February 5, 2016 at Hospice of the Chesapeake Inpatient Care Center in Pasadena, due to complications from a form of lymphoma. He had been living at Assisted Living Well in Millersville.

He was born January 13, 1929 in Baltimore and was the son of Fendall Sr and Jane Marbury (nee Massie). He attended the Gilman School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (class of 1946). He studied naval architecture at Webb Institute (class of 1950) and nuclear engineering at Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (1957) and earned a masters (1955) in naval architecture and marine engineering, a degree in naval architecture (1962) and a PhD (1968) in naval architecture all from MIT. During his studies he worked at 4 private and 2 Navy shipyards including Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS (1958).

He served in the Navy from 1951 to 1954 and was stationed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA. He was employed at the Center for Naval Analyses/Operations Evaluation Group (7 years), Arthur D Little (1965-70), Litton Ship Systems (1970-73), Ketron, Inc.(1974-79) and Payne, Inc. He lived in Arlington, VA, Cambridge, MA and Chevy Chase, MD before moving to Annapolis, MD where he also worked as a patent agent until he retired.

He was treasurer of the Washington Area Bicyclist Assoc. in the 1970s and rode his bike to work in DC before there was any of the biking gear readily available today. In Annapolis, he was known to ride his bike everywhere.

He was a member of Mensa, Society of the Cincinnati, the Annapolitan Club and St Thomas of Canterbury church. He taught sailing at the Annapolis Sailing School.

He was preceded in death by his son, Philip Marbury and is survived by two daughters, Diana Marbury-Sharp (Robert) and Isabel Marbury-Mauro (Christopher) and a son, Roger Marbury (Jen) and 7 grandchildren and a sister. His marriage to Monique Marbury (nee Boissonnas) ended in divorce.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 5 at 11:00 at St Paul Lutheran Church (St Thomas of Canterbury meets there), 31 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis, MD. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to Webb Institute, Development Office, 298 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove, NY 11542.
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