Dr. Victor Burrell, an alumni and adjunct faculty member of the College of Charleston passed away on December 20, 2009. He researched and published several scientific papers and histories of important South Carolina fisheries. Dr. Burrell played an integral part in the organization of the South Carolina Fisheries Workers Association and served on the founding board of the South Carolina Aquarium. In 2007, he was chosen as the Fishery Conservationist of the Year by the South Carolina chapter of the American Fisheries Society. A memorial by Dave Bushek was published in the quarterly newsletter of the National Shellfish Association.