David B. Stone
David Barnes Stone (September 2, 1927 – April 12, 2010) was an American businessman who led an
Stone, who was raised in
Stone began envisioning an aquarium for the redeveloped Boston waterfront in the late 1950s.[1] He began serving as the future New England Aquarium's board of directors in 1959.[1] Stone, and the New England Aquarium's other principal co-founder, Henry "Hal" Lyman spent much of the 1960s planning and fundraising for the proposed aquarium.[1]
Stone chose then 26-year-old architect Peter Chermayeff to design the aquarium, his first such design.[1] Chermayeff has since designed more than 20 aquariums worldwide.[1] The New England Aquarium opened to the public in June 1969.[1] Stone continued to serve on the aquarium's board of directors until 1976.[1]
David Stone died at Massachusetts General Hospital from complications of a stroke on April 12, 2010, at the age of 82.[1]
References
- ^ Boston Globe. Retrieved May 10, 2010.