Robert Ballard, Oceanographer - McLennan County Medical Society

Join us at the Family
Health Center Gala
Fundraiser
for a night with . . .
Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
Modern-day Explorer, Discoverer, Historian
Discoverer of:
• Titanic, the unsinkable ship
• Bismarck, the German battleship
• Yorktown, WWII U.S. aircraft carrier
• PT-109, John F. Kennedy’s boat
Thursday, March 27, 2014
at the Lee Lockwood Library
Cocktail Attire
Hors d’oeuvres – 6:30 pm • Dinner – 7:30 pm
$160 per person – Corporate & table sponsorships available
Call Clement Milam at 254-313-4390 today.
Proceeds benefiting the Family Health Center.
Bio and Sponsors on reverse.
Titanic Image copyright Emory Kristof/National Geographic. Black Smokers on Galapagos Rift Image courtesy of GalAPAGoS Expedition 2005.
Robert D. Ballard, PhD
Best known for his 1985 discovery of the
TITANIC, Dr. Robert Ballard has succeeded
in tracking down numerous 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.
While those discoveries have captured the
imagination of the public, Dr. Ballard believes
his most important discoveries were of
hydrothermal vents and “black smokers” in the
Galapagos Rift and East Pacific Rise in 1977 and
1979 along with their exotic life forms living off
the energy of the Earth.
Dr. Ballard has 21 honorary degrees and six
military awards. He was also a Commander in
the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving in the Navy from
1967 to 1997.
His discoveries also include sunken remains
of ships along ancient trade routes in the
Mediterranean Sea; two ancient Phoenician
ships off Israel, the oldest shipwrecks ever
found in deep water; and four 1,500-year-old
wooden ships, one almost perfectly preserved
in the Black Sea. Dr. Ballard’s Black Sea project
seeks evidence of a great flood that may have
struck the region thousands of years ago.
An explorer, discoverer and historian, Dr. Ballard’s
fascinating journeys can teach us a great deal
about our past, and they have encouraged others
to take tremendous strides in the survey of the
undiscovered mysteries of the deep sea.
15th Annual
2014 Sponsors
Care Options 4 Kids
Providence Healthcare Network
KCEN-TV
Hillcrest Health System
Extraco Banks
Gallagher Benefit Services
Central National Bank
Gordon and Susan Swanson
Hope Therapy
Bosque Valley Children’s Services
The Clifton Foundation
John Erwin Construction
Community Bank & Trust
McLennan Community College
American Income Life Insurance
First National Bank of McGregor
Bird Kultgen Ford
Independent Bank
Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd & Therrell
American Bank
Haley & Olson
Wells Fargo Bank
Insurors of Texas
Stiba Wealth Management
Dr. and Mrs. John Gill
George’s Restaurant
Hensel Electric
Tom Wright Construction
Waco Housing Authority
Invitation sponsored by
Gallagher Benefit Services
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To increase access to, and the availability of, high quality comprehensive primary and
preventive health care for the vulnerable of the Heart of Texas and to provide an excellent
educational, training and research environment for medical, dental and behavioral health fields.