Frank Merli (Queens College) died on Friday, December 22, 2000. Merli resided in Northport, Long Island. He was 71 years old. He received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Indiana University. He joined the Queens College Department in 1968 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1972. He served as Graduate Adviser in the department since 1969.

Merli was the author of Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865, published in 1970 and co-editor of Makers of American Diplomacy: From Benjamin Franklin to Henry Kissinger. He was guest editor of the Journal of Confederate History Special Commemorative Naval Issue on CSS Alabama in 1990. He wrote entries in The Encyclopedia of the Confederacy in 1993 and many articles and book chapters on such topics as the confederate navy, Great Britain and the Confederacy, the British view of the Union and Confederate navies, Civil War blockades, and Civil War diplomacy.

Frank Warren, Queens College: City University of New York