Captain Edward Hughes Browder, USN (Ret.)

Dickinson Smith reports Captain Edward Hughes Browder died at home on Monday, 3 January. He had been in good health and had enjoyed a wonderful day with his wife, Judy. That evening he commented on chest pain and died within minutes.

The cause of death was determined to be previously undetected coronary disease. He will be interred at the Naval Academy following a service in St Andrew's Chapel at 10:30 on Friday 14 January.

Captain Browder graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1955 and served on USS Sterlet before nuclear power training. He subsequently served on USS Halibut, USS Dace, USS Sculpin and USS Nathanael Greene before commanding USS Bolivar.

After retiring from the service in 1978, he worked in the nuclear power industry for several years before retirement in Niskayuna, New York. He is survived by his wife of 45 years and his children Stephen and Ann and five grandchildren.