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Paul C. Etter

AUG 05, 2026
(27 October 1947 – 2 March 2026)
The Navy veteran specialized in ocean–atmosphere physics and environmental acoustics.
Greg Etter
Portrait of Paul C. Etter and a dog.

(Photo courtesy of the author.)

Paul C. Etter died on 2 March 2026 at age 78 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Over his 45-year career, Paul authored and coauthored numerous technical reports and professional papers for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He was also deeply involved in the community as a peer reviewer for his colleagues’ contributions.

His full obituary may be found here .

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