care of ocean resources including the high seas and the continental shelf. By 1970, at the age of 52, Mann Borgese had established herself as an international expert on the oceans. She was the initiator and organizer of the first international conference on the law of the sea, held at Malta in 1970, with the title of "Pacem in Maribus" ("Peace in the Oceans"). She also helped to establish the International Ocean Institute (IOI). It now has over 20 centers around the world. In connection with this work, she appeared on the syndicated version of the television game show To Tell the Truth in the spring of 1973. She was the founder and founding senior editor of the International Ocean Institute's primary publication, The Ocean Yearbook, which first appeared in 1978. and the editor of Ocean Frontiers (1992). She has also published short stories, children's books and a play. She was editor of Intercultural Publications from 1952 to 1964 and research associate and editor of Common Cause, at the University of Chicago (1946–52). From 1973 to 1982, Mann Borgese formed part of the expert group of the Austrian delegation during the development of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). She acted as an advisor to Ambassador Karl Wolf, who led the Austrian Delegation to UNCLOS III. She also helped to establish the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Dalhousie University In 1979, Mann Borgese accepted a one year fellowship as the Killam Senior Fellow at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Invited to remain, she became professor of political science at Dalhousie in 1980, and an adjunct professor of law in 1996. She taught maritime law and political science, including a special international summer program for civil servants. She continued to work internationally, including consulting for international organizations such as UNIDO, UNESCO, and the World Bank. In 1983, Elisabeth Mann Borgese became a Canadian citizen. She lived in an A-frame house on Sambro Head, fronting the ocean, near Sambro, Nova Scotia. From 1987 to 1992 Mann Borgese served as chairperson of the International Centre for Ocean Development. She helped to develop programs in ocean management to train people from developing countries around the world. Death Elisabeth Mann Borgese died unexpectedly on 8 February 2002, at the age of 83, during a skiing holiday in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Awards and honors 1982, Cross