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  Robert Ballard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ballard was working towards a Ph.D. in marine geology at the University of Southern California in 1967, when he was called to active duty.
Ballard's team made a general search of the vessel's exterior, and noted its condition, including the confirmation that Titanic had in fact split in two, and that the stern was in far worse shape than the rest of the ship.
In 2004, Dr. Ballard was appointed professor of oceanography at the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
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 Dr. Robert Ballard speaks for International Speakers Bureau
Robert Ballard was born in Kansas, but grew up in San Diego, California, where a childhood fascination with tidal pools and marine life led him to study marine geology.
Ballard had resolved to find the sunken hulk of RMS Titanic, the supposedly "unsinkable" ocean liner which had sunk, with massive loss of life, after she struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage in 1912.
Ballard was then forced to wait an excruciating year for weather conditions favorable to a manned mission to view the wreck at close range.
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Ballard was a recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities presented to him by President Bush.
Robert Ballard has led or participated in over 65 underwater expeditions, some of them involving the use of deep-diving submersibles.
Robert Ballard is committed to exploring the least-known portions of our planet--the regions that lie under water.
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 Keynote Speakers Inc. Robert Ballard: On a cold April night in 1912, the magnificent new   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Bob Ballard is a graduate of the University of California with a degree in geology and chemistry and with a commission in Army Intelligence.
Bob Ballard is president of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut, a senior scientist emeritus in the Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, and founder of the JASON Foundation for Education.
Ballard’s early studies involved the first manned dives to the mid-ocean ridge, the discovery of underwater hot springs, and the unusual animal communities living around them, and the discovery of important mineral deposits.
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 Return to the Titanic: About Robert Ballard
Ballard has a Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics from the University of Rhode Island.
Ballard has 16 honorary degrees and was awarded the 2003 National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush.
Ballard’s most recent discoveries include the Mediterranean Sea finds of sunken remains of ships along ancient trade routes (1997) and two ancient Phoenician ships off Israel (1999), the oldest shipwrecks ever found in deep water.
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Ballard has 13 honorary degrees and six military awards; he is a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Ballard's most recent discoveries include the Mediterranean Sea finds of sunken remains of ships along ancient trade routes (1997) and of two ancient Phoenician ships off Israel?the oldest shipwrecks ever found in deep water (1999).
Ballard is continuing a project in the Black Sea that seeks evidence of a great flood, linked to the Noah's ark legend, that may have struck the region thousands of years ago.
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 Roth Talent Associates: Robert Ballard
Bob Ballard is a modern day Nemo, best known for his 1985 discovery of the Titanic, as well as for other significant shipwrecks, including the German battleship Bismarck, the lost fleet of Guadalcanal, the U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown (sunk in the World War II Battle of Midway), and John F. Kennedy's boat, PT-109.
Ballard has a Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics from the University of Rhode Island, where he is currently a full-time faculty member.
Ballard has 13 honorary degrees and 6 military awards and is a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
www.rothtalent.com /speakers/slist/Ballard   (256 words)

  
 Brainboost - who discovered the wreck of the titanic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Robert Ballard - The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic says hes driven by "a childish desire to poke around." - By Christopher Kemp [2001 - 07 - 24]..
Deep - sea explorer Robert Ballard led the team that discovered the wreck of the Titanic - in the North Atlantic in 1985..
American underwater archaeologists Robert Ballard, who discovered - the wreck of the Titanic, and Lawrence Stager, of Harvard University, found the two - Phoenician vessels, each less than 20 metres long, off the Israeli coast in June - 1999..
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 Robert Ballard - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Ballard earned a Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, where he is currently a full-time faculty member.
Ballard has had an accomplished career including the creation of the JASON Project, an educational program designed to inspire in students a lifelong passion to pursue learning in science, math and technology through exploration and discovery.
Robert D. Ballard is President of the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut and Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.
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Robert Ballard: From the video and television specials that they have made on exploration, and the home distribution of the TV specials.
Robert Ballard: I also understand their growth is tied to El NiÒo, the absence of it.
Robert Ballard: The guns on the Bismarck, her four main guns, Anton, Bruno, Caesar, and Dora, were gravity seated.
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 Robert Ballard - Premiere Speakers Bureau
Ballard would later develop telecommunications technology to create "telepresence" for his JASON Project, which today allows hundreds of thousands of school children to accompany him from afar on undersea explorations around the globe.
Dr. Robert D. Ballard is President of the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut and Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.
It was during this second visit to the Titanic that Ballard placed a memorial plaque on the deck of the stern in memory of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.
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 TitanicBookSite.com: Dr. Robert Ballard
Ballard believes a combination of natural forces, and human intrusions are prematurely causing extensive damage that will result in the total collapse of the wreck.
Ballard certainly makes accusations, but always hedges his bets by wording his statements in such a way that there is always room for doubt.
Ballard finishes with how his underwater camera equipment was first used in what was then secret expeditions funded by the US Navy to photograph the remains of two nuclear submarines lost at sea, the Thresher and the Scorpion.
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 Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard is best known for his discovery of the Titanic, but more recently for his JASON PROJECT – linking classrooms to real-time research adventures.
Ballard is a principal with National Geographic and is leading the archeological exploration of the depths of the Black Sea –; with promises of finding undeteriorated artifacts dating back 7000 years.
Dr. Robert Ballard is a leading marine geologist, explorer and pioneer in the field of deep-water archaeology.
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 Ancestors of Robert BALLARD
Robert was engaged by Benjamin Cox as a farm labourer.
Robert BALLARD, a bounty immigrant, arrived in Sydney, NSW on 26 September 1839 aboard the vessel, Neptune.
Robert held the publicans license for the 'Wheat Sheaf' at Morpeth.
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 The My Hero Project - Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard is more than an explorer; he is the visionary behind the JASON Project, a Web-based science course used by teachers around the country for kids in grades four through nine.
Robert Ballard's childhood role model was Captain Nemo, the protagonist of Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Robert Koch was an important medical researcher of the 19th century.
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 Robert Ballard
Once Robert Ballard was in his teens, his interest with life beneath the surface of the sea continued un-abated, and he took-up scuba diving, which of course enabled him to take a much closer look at sub-aquatic life, but in order to make a career out of his hobby, he would need to study hard.
Robert Ballard moved to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (W.H.O.I.) in Massachussets in 1967 where he would spend the biggest part of his career, and he also joined the Boston Sea Rovers at roughly the same time, who are one of the world's oldest diving clubs.
Robert Ballard has always been a major advocate of performing underwater research and discovery using 'telepresence', which was essentially a way of doing away with costly and dangerous manned submersibles like Alvin.
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 Robert Ballard: Undersea Explorers - EnchantedLearning.com
Robert Duane Ballard (June 30, 1942 -) is an American undersea explorer, marine scientist, and US Naval officer who has been on over 65 underwater expeditions in submarines and deep diving submersibles.
Sea Water: Ballard discovered that the water of the earth's oceans is cycled through the earth's crust, changing its mineral composition in the process.
Ballard and his team found the Titanic on September 1, 1985, using sonar, but had to wait a year to return and view the wreck up close in the submersible ALVIN, also using JASON to view it.
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 NPR : Robert Ballard Returns to the Titanic
Robert Ballard is leading a scientific expedition to learn how the Titanic wreckage has changed in the nearly 20 years since he discovered it.
With new technology, including improved robotic subs, high-definition cameras and better lighting, Ballard says large sections of the sunken ocean liner are coming into view that weren't visible in his previous expeditions in the mid-1980s.
Ballard says he hopes his latest expedition brings attention to the problem of shipwrecks being stripped by salvagers.
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 Robert Ballard Speaker Profile at The Lavin Agency
Robert Ballard is a distinguished oceanographer and explorer.
Discoverer of the wreck of H.M.S. Titanic, Ballard was a legend in the scientific community long before his discovery of the great ship brought him widespread public acclaim.
Robert Ballard, the discoverer of the wreck of H.M.S. Titanic, is an inspiration to anyone interested in mystery, science, and the miracles of human achievement.
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 Dr. Robert D. Ballard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Robert D. Ballard is a world-renowned scientist, best known for his many explorations, including that of the Titanic and the Bismark, among his other efforts.
Ballard gained immediate international fame and recognition when, in September 1985, along with a team of oceanographers, using a deep-sea remote viewing system that he developed, he discovered the remains of the fabled Titanic, the most famous shipwreck in history.
Ballard received his undergraduate degree in Geology and Chemistry from the University of California.
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 Salon.com People | Robert Ballard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Ballard views his expeditions as epic adventures in search of a deep-sea Golden Fleece, hidden and preserved for centuries by the conditions at the bottom of the ocean.
The tube worms represented the strange otherworldliness of the ocean that has fascinated Ballard for so long; they were his Golden Fleece, as were the wreck of the Titanic, the mid-oceanic ridge and so many of the other discoveries Ballard has made during his extraordinary 40-year career.
In a 1999 interview, Ballard said: "If you were to compare the number of people who have been into outer space with the number who have been to the average depth of the ocean, I think more people have been in outer space.
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 E. ROBERT BALLARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Robert Ballard was born in Yakima, Washington on July 11, 1921.
Ballard married Ruth Swenson at Central Union Church, Honolulu on September 23, 1955.
Ballard was elected a trustee of the Friends of Foster Garden in 1966.
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 Robert Ballard
Ballard calls the new technology "telepresence," since for all intents and purposes it's the same as being in a submarine -- without the danger and with more versatility.
Ballard designed the foundation to "stimulate children in the hard sciences" using the underwater robots, he explained.
Currently, Ballard is a senior scientist in the Ocean Engineering Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, head of the Deep Submergence Laboratory and director of the institution's Center for Marine Exploration.
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 Online NewsHour: Ancient Shipwreck Found -- July 31, 1997
ROBERT BALLARD: Well, there actually were five ships from the Roman period, eight in all, through the entire discovery effort.
ROBERT BALLARD: Well, in fact, with the Titanic, when we found it and then went on to find the Bismarck, Titanic was in 12,000 feet of water.
ROBERT BALLARD: Well, the NR-1, which is based right nearby in my hometown in Groton, New London, has an incredible sonar system on its bowel, and it can reach out 10 times further than the sonars I was using when I was finding the Titanic and the Bismarck and ships in Guadalcanal.
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 Who is Dr Robert Ballard? - Features news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Robert Ballard is recognised as one of the premier spokespeople for marine research.
Ballard's memberships include Sigma Xi, the Oceanography Society, the Geological Society of America, the Marine Technology Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union and The Bohemian Club.
Ballard has led or participated in more than 65 underwater expeditions, some of them involving the use of deep-diving submersibles.
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 Salon.com People | Robert Ballard
As difficult as he is to reach, it's tempting to think that perhaps Ballard doesn't really exist, or that he mysteriously disappeared several years ago and his name is now nothing more than a front for a large, faceless corporation: trademarked, incorporated, copyrighted, licensed, patented and protected.
During his 30-year stint there, Ballard made what is probably his most famous discovery: the RMS Titanic, resting on a shelf in 12,500 feet of water, 1,000 miles east of Boston.
Ballard and his team used a device called the Argo -- designed by Ballard -- to search the ocean floor for any signs of wreckage or debris from the Titanic, which sank in 1912.
archive.salon.com /people/bc/2001/07/24/robert_ballard   (951 words)

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