Five rescued, one dead in boat sinking June 9, 2008 Galveston County Daily News, June 9, 2008 Roger W. Stone, 53, logistics program manager at UTMB, died as the result of the sinking of a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. Stone was a safety officer serving with a crew comprised of students from Texas A&M University at Galveston. Stone leaves behind his wife, Linda, a daughter, 12, and a son, 14, who live in the Clear Lake area. "He was a hero," son Eric Stone said on a sailing blog. "He did his job as safety officer. He got those kids off the boat. He's in a better place now." « Back | The Newsroom »