Back to Obituaries Annette Wilbois Coleman Home All MBL News Obituaries Annette Wilbois Coleman The MBL is saddened to receive word of the passing of Annette W. Coleman, Stephen T. Olney Professor Emerita of Natural History at Brown University, who died on July 10, 2023 at the age of 89 in Providence, RI. Coleman was an alumna of the MBL’s Marine Botany course in 1956 and a member of the MBL Society from 1983-2017. An obituary published by Coleman’s family is here.