Robert Ballard
American navy officer and professor
>
Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. Wikipedia
Born: 1942 (age 81 years), Wichita, KS
Spouse: Barbra Ballard (m. 1991) and Marjorie Jacobsen (m. 1966–1990)
Education: University of Rhode Island (1974), University of Southern California (1966–1967), University of Hawaii at Manoa (1966), and more
Children: Todd Ballard and Ben Ballard
Organization founded: JASON Project
Books