Rezneat Milton Darnell, Jr.,(AKA Rez) was a well-known and respected ecologist and marine biologist.(B.S. Rhodes College; M.S. Rice Univ.; Ph.D. Univ. Minnesota.) Dr. Darnell was Professor of Oceanography at Texas A&M from 1968 until his retirement in 1995 (as Professor Emeritus). Dr. Darnell published numerous scientific papers on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Rez has been called ‘The Great Synthesizer' because of his ability to take detached scientific information and organize it into meaningful overviews that explain the ‘big picture' of ecological relationships in the natural world. Dr. Darnell was preceded in death by his parents Rezneat Milton Darnell, Sr.,and Matilda Millen Darnell, and by his older brother, Rowland Jones Darnell. He is survived daughter, Molly Marie Darnell, of Minneapolis, MN; his brother, J. Millen Darnell, of Memphis, TN; his first wife Jeanne Hellberg Darnell of Minneapolis, MN; and many nieces and nephews.
Rezneat Milton Darnell, Jr.,(AKA Rez) was a well-known and respected ecologist and marine biologist.(B.S. Rhodes College; M.S. Rice Univ.; Ph.D. Univ. Minnesota.) Dr. Darnell was Professor of Oceanography at Texas A&M from 1968 until his retirement in 1995 (as Professor Emeritus). Dr. Darnell published numerous scientific papers on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Rez has been called ‘The Great Synthesizer' because of his ability to take detached scientific information and organize it into meaningful overviews that explain the ‘big picture' of ecological relationships in the natural world. Dr. Darnell was preceded in death by his parents Rezneat Milton Darnell, Sr.,and Matilda Millen Darnell, and by his older brother, Rowland Jones Darnell. He is survived daughter, Molly Marie Darnell, of Minneapolis, MN; his brother, J. Millen Darnell, of Memphis, TN; his first wife Jeanne Hellberg Darnell of Minneapolis, MN; and many nieces and nephews.
