Dr. Henry Reiswig Death | Obituary – Marine biologistDr. Henry Reiswig , 83, of Saanichton, B.C., died peacefully on July 4, 2020
He was born July 8, 1936, to parents Alex and Lenore Reiswig in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with his sister Alessandra. He is pre-deceased by his loving wife of 55 years, Ann (Latusek) Reiswig, and is survived by their three daughters Jennifer, Penelope, and Amy.
Henry was a gifted scientist, an expert on glass sponges — an unusual and fragile type of marine sponge about which there is still much to be understood. He completed his early studies at the University of California, Berkeley and his PhD at Yale University. He served as a professor of Biology at McGill University in Montreal from 1972 until his (official) retirement in 2001.
After relocating to Victoria, B.C., he continued his work, with voluntary appointments at the University of Victoria and the Royal B.C. Museum. As his work changed from the diving suit to the bench and focused more on taxonomy, he moved much of his work to his home laboratory where he still collaborated with researchers and students around the world on identifying new specimens and describing new species.
His striking electron microscopy images of the tiniest elements of unique glass sponges from British Columbia were featured at the Royal B.C. Museum, and he leaves a scholarly legacy of over 100 publications including journal articles, book chapters and conference presentations. He has had several species and even a sponge-derived chemical named after him.
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