John Richard Steffy (May 1, 1924 Lancaster, Pennsylvania – November 29, 2007

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) was an American nautical archaeologist. He attended the

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. He taught at

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. He founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, with Michael L. Katzev, and

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. He was Professor Emeritus at

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, and creator of the Ship Reconstruction Laboratory. He married Lucille Koch Steffy, (died in 1991).

Awards

* 1985 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

*''Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks'', College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994.

References

External links

"Steffy's legacy lives on"
''The Eagle'', APRIL AVISON, November 30, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Steffy, J. Richard 1924 births 2007 deaths People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania faculty Texas A&M University faculty MacArthur Fellows Maritime archaeology 20th-century American archaeologists Historians from Texas Milwaukee School of Engineering alumni