Prolific professor continues to publish

Colleagues often use the word "amazing" to describe Gerard J. Mangone, professor of marine policy in the College of Marine Studies.

Among his many achievements, the expert in international and maritime law has been a policy adviser to several American presidents and the United Nations, in addition to working with dozens of UD graduate students. At the University, he established the first center for the study of marine policy in the United States, and he has written numerous research publications pertaining to the world's oceans, ports and coastal zone.

Recently, Mangone published the 13th book in his edited series International Straits of the World. The latest volume, The Legal Regime of the Turkish Straits, written by Turkish scholar Nihan Unlu, focuses on the narrow sea lane that divides Europe from Asia and connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.

The book reviews the legal regime governing this heavily trafficked trade route, as well as the ancient waterway's history and geography. Such timely issues as navigation safety, passage of warships and possible actions that might be taken to prevent marine pollution of the straits also are highlighted. The book is available from Kluwer Law International.

Mangone initiated the book series in 1978 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Since then, he has contracted with authors from around the globe to provide detailed information on some of the world's most critical navigation passages. Currently, he is editing a study by a Norwegian scholar of Russia's Arctic waters, which stretch from the Laptev Sea to the Chukchi Sea and encompass several strategic narrows.

While Mangone reached official retirement age more than a decade ago, he continues to maintain a busy schedule of graduate teaching, student advising and research.

Mangone earned his doctorate in international law from Harvard University, where his dissertation won the Charles Sumner Award as the most distinguished contribution to international peace.

He came to the University in 1972 as professor of marine studies and political science. In 1973, he created the Center for the Study of Marine Policy and served as its director for the next 16 years.

Mangone has written 12 books and numerous journal articles, authored chapters in 24 other books and edited another 20 books. He also is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law.

--Tracey Bryant