Robert Duane Ballard

Background

Ballard, Robert Duane was born on June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Chester Patrick and Harriet Nell Ballard.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1965; postgraduate, U. Hawaii, 1965-1966; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1966-1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Geology and Geophysics, U. Rhode Island, 1974.

Career

Assistant scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1974-1976; associate scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1976-1983; senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1983-1997; scientist emeritus, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, since 1997. Consultant deputy chief naval operations for submarine warfare, since 1983. President Institute.for Exploration, since 1995.

Visiting scholar Stanford University, 1979-1980, consultant professor, 1980-1981, director Deep Submergence Laboratory, since 1983. Board directors, founder Jason Foundation for Education. Trustee Sea Research Foundation.

Achievements

• Robert Duane Ballard has been listed as a noteworthy Marine geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal: Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific

    (A chronicle of the search for the ships sunk during the B...)

  • The Discovery of the Bismarck: Germany's Greatest Battleship Surrenders Her Secrets

    (Using a new system of underwater exploration technology, ...)

  • Exploring Our Living Planet

    (From the Foreword: "We let the cliche roll off our tongue...)

  • Discovery Of The Titanic (Exploring The Greatest Of All Lost Ships)

    (“The Discovery of the Titanic” is the compelling, firstha...)

  • Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood

    (Few men know the ocean as well as Robert Ballard. A pione...)

  • Exploring Our Living Planet

    (Book by Ballard, Robert D.)

  • The Lost Wreck of the Isis

    (Dr. Ballard visits the Mediterranean to explore a Roman s...)

  • Adventures in Ocean Exploration: From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Fllod
  • The Discovery of the "Bismarck" by Robert D. Ballard (1990-10-04)
  • Lost Ships of Guadalcanal, The
  • Exploring the Lost Wreck of the Isis
  • The Discovery of the Bismarck: Germany's Greatest Battleship Surrenders Her Secrets by Robert D. Ballard (1990-10-01)
  • The Lost Wreck of the Isis by Robert D. Ballard (1990-10-03)
  • Lost Ships of Guadalcanal, The by Robert D. Ballard (1993-05-03)
  • The Discovery of the " Titanic "
  • The Discovery of the Titanic
  • The Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard (1987-10-01)
  • Discovery of the Bismarck.
  • Discovery Of The Titanic (Exploring The Greatest Of All Lost Ships) by Robert D. Ballard (1988-02-01)
  • The Discovery of the Bismarck by Robert D. Ballard (1990-10-04)
  • Today's Best Nonfiction Selected And Edited By Reader's Digest : A Thief In The Night , A Coward's Chronicles , The Discovery Of The Titanic , Woman In The Mists , The Fords
  • Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood by Robert D. Ballard (2001-12-31)
  • Adventures in Ocean Exploration: From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Quest for Noah's Ark
  • The Discovery of the "Bismarck" by Robert D. Ballard (4-Oct-1990) Hardcover

Membership

With United States Army, 1965-1967. With United States Navy, 1967-1970. Member Geological Society American, Marine Technology Society (Compass Distinguished Achievement award 1977), American Geophysical Union, Explorers Club (Lone Sailor award, Hubbard medal).

Connections

Married Marjorie C. Jacobsen, July 1, 1966 (divorced). Children: Todd (deceased), Doug. Married Barbara Earle, January 1991.

Children: Benjamin, Emily.

Father:

Chester Patrick Ballard

Mother:

Harriet Nell Ballard

Spouse:

Marjorie C. Jacobsen

Spouse:

Barbara Earle

child:

Benjamin Ballard

child:

Emily Ballard

child:

Todd Ballard

child:

Doug Ballard