Matthew William Beard - Online Memorial Website

This is a trailer from the movie, The Life Aquatic, with Bill Murray.  This was one of Matt's favorite movies - if not his favorite movie.  Oceanographer Steve Zissou and Team Zissou have quite a following. 

Matt is third from the left along with the rest of the biologists at NOAA Fisheries Division - all proudly wearing their Team Zissou red caps. 

Matt and his research partner at NOAA, Ben Mason.  Ben told me that during Matt's internship in the Keys at NOAA Matt rarely took off his red cap.  They all had such a good time together.  Research can be fun!  (Matt could make almost anything fun especially when it was something he loved)

Matt doing a "Steve Zissou" pose from the movie.  He had this picture taken for something he was giving his girlfriend Lucy for her birthday in July 2006. 

 And here is Matt diving...complete with red cap! 

Matthew's desk at NOAA --with his red cap!