NY J01401

Senate Resolution mourns the death of Dr. Marian Rose of Bedford, New York, who died on August 20, 2025, at age 104

Pioneering physicist who earned a doctorate from Harvard University by 1947 and conducted classified research on uranium isotope separation during World War II, later working on hydrogen fusion energy research

Served as physicist and senior research scientist at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University for two decades, with additional positions at Harvard and Yale

Founded the Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition in 1997, which expanded statewide and successfully advanced protections for water resources, wetlands, and forests while opposing fossil fuel infrastructure

The Town of Bedford proclaimed October 11, 2020, as Marian Rose Day in recognition of her century of life and dedication to environmental protection and public service