In honor of his service to the University of South Florida, the Florida Institute of ceanography, and the State of Florida, the FIO named its new research vessel, commissioned in 2017, the R/V William T. Hogarth.

Bill’s legacy will also continue in perpetuity at USF and the College of Marine Science through The William T. Hogarth Fellowship in Marine Mammals, awarded annually to an especially accomplished biological oceanography graduate student.
Bill will be honored and his life celebrated during the December 4th 11 a.m. worship service held at Centenary United Methodist Church in Jarratt.

Memorial contributions may be made payable to the USF Foundation in memory of William T. Hogarth, Ph.D. to The William T. Hogarth Fellowship in Marine Mammals (Foundation Fund Number 266012) at the Office of Donor Relations, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620, Attn: Beth Corbin or online at https://giving.usf.edu/online/gift/f/266012/

Dr. William ‘Bill’ Thomas Hogarth, 83, of Treasure Island, Florida, passed away after a short illness on Saturday, November 5, 2022. Bill was born March 7, 1939, in Jarratt, Virginia, to Willie Hogarth and Margaret Shelton Hogarth. Bill was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Dorothy Harrison and Margaret Ferguson. He is survived by his wife, Mary; sister, Virginia Blythe; and a number of step-children, step-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Bill was a 1957 graduate of Jarratt High School and went on to complete his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Richmond. He began his Ph.D. program at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in 1966 with a short hiatus at the request of the U.S. Army where he served at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. In 1969, he also made time to attend the Woodstock music festival! Bill had an eclectic love of music with Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga, and Blake Shelton among his favorite artists.

Bill’s studies at NCSU culminated in the award of a doctorate in marine biology.

Except for a brief stint as owner of Hoagy’s Market in Jarratt, Bill’s career path in fish management was straight to the top. In 1972, he began a 12-year stint as the Environmental Technology Manager at Carolina Power & Light (now Duke Energy). From there, he served for nine years as Head of Fisheries Policy for the State of North Carolina. In 2001, then-President George H. W. Bush appointed Bill to serve as Director of National Marine Fisheries Services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA).

Bill again changed careers in 2008 by assuming the role of Interim Dean of the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida (USF). Following his tenure as Interim Dean, Bill was appointed Director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO).

Simultaneous with his tenure as FIO Director, Bill was appointed as the Interim Chancellor of the USF campus in St. Petersburg.

During the course of his career, Bill chaired or served on numerous government and academic boards and commissions and was the recipient of many awards and accolades for his furtherance of the conservation of fisheries both nationally and globally.