Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Advocate for Improving Ocean Environment, Dies The Associated Press Published: Feb 9, 2002 HALIFAX (AP) - Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a university professor who urged international organizations to do more to protect the world's oceans, died Thursday. She was 83. Mann Borgese died suddenly of an acute respiratory illness in Switzerland while on a skiing trip. The daughter of renowned author and Nobel laureate, Thomas Mann, she was best known as an advocate for the preservation of the ocean as common heritage. She organized a pioneering conference on the law of the sea in 1970, called Peace in the Oceans. Since then, 30 such conferences have taken place worldwide. She helped train hundreds of civil servants and university faculty in developing countries in marine resource management, and founded the International Ocean Institute at Dalhousie University. A news release from Dalhousie university said Mann Borgese had "been instrumental in encouraging world leaders to rethink our relationship with the oceans and our management of marine resources." __ Mike Wallace Huntsville,Ala