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Executive Director Welcome to the first night of a stimulating new season at The Richmond Forum! We’re excited to kick things off with the ever-enthusiastic Dr. Robert Ballard, just returned from the Nautilus with plenty of fresh discoveries to share with us tonight. I predict that you’ll be ready to sign up for his next expedition before the evening is over. Several years ago, I read The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer. In one chapter, he writes about a time when Archbishop Desmund Tutu took the stage with the Dalai Lama to speak on peace and reconciliation. Iyer eloquently summed up the challenge facing the two great men: “Their job now was to give this audience a human, living sense of contact that no audience could get from a screen; and yet they had to leave behind them something that would outlast them, and maybe help people return to the clatter and commotion a little differently, in part by seeing how they could change the world by changing the way they looked at the world.” I can’t tell you how many times I have shared that passage with others when discussing The Richmond Forum. The Richmond Forum creates an opportunity for all of us to get to know some of the biggest names in the world in a threedimensional way, not just as ink on a page, or pixels on a computer screen, or through the glass of a television screen. From every program, we take away more than any sound bite could ever afford, and we are able to form our own opinions without the benefit (or hindrance) of
the constant commentary that is a staple of today’s 24/7 news cycle. Five nights a year, we have the rare privilege to connect intimately with leaders, thinkers, innovators, pioneers and explorers and learn something new about our world, and maybe even ourselves—something that we can take with us as we rejoin our daily lives. This summer, the creative folks at circle S studios captured this concept and brought it to life in a new opening video, which we will premiere here tonight. With the motiongraphics magic of Dave Swain (Dave Swain Motion+Design) and the musical talents of Carlos Chafin (In Your Ear), circle S has plumbed our rich history (and photo archives) to create a layered and textured visualization of the power of The Richmond Forum. We offer our thanks to the entire team who generously donated their time and talent for this project. (Oh, and we’re also premiering new chairs for the Q&A tonight!) Please enjoy your evening with Robert Ballard. Bill Chapman bill@richmondforum.org
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He’s been called a “modern-day Captain Nemo.” Since the age of 19, Robert Ballard has been diving and exploring the ocean using manned and unmanned submersibles. In over 120 expeditions, he has made some of the most famous deep-sea discoveries ever, including the elusive wreck of the RMS Titanic. Ballard began his career as a young naval officer working in deep-sea submergence at Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Institute in Massachusetts. In the years that followed, Ballard spent months at a time at sea and countless hours underwater, much of that time in DSV Alvin, a research submersible owned by the U.S. Navy. Not satisfied with the possibilities of undersea research offered by the slow-moving Alvin, Ballard became a leading expert in the use of undersea Remotely Operated Vehicles, or ROVs. Ballard pioneered robotic technologies that advanced deep-ocean exploration and led to phenomenal natural discoveries worldwide, including deep-sea vents and new life forms and geologic features. An “equal opportunity explorer,” Ballard applied these new technologies to his search for the Titanic. Ballard used an ROV to discover the wreck in 1985 and returned a year later with Alvin to make the two-and-a-half-hour descent to the ocean floor to view the wreck first-hand. Over the next few days, Ballard and his crew descended again and again, recording eerie scenes of the ruined interior of the luxury liner. Unlike Nemo, who isolated himself from the world above the sea, Ballard’s passion became using technology to bring the sea to the world, including 1.7 million students each year. Presently, Ballard’s research vessel, Nautilus
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(named after Nemo’s fictional submarine), is on the last leg of a five-month exploration of the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean, in search of antiquities, sites of Neolithic settlements, ancient shipwrecks and spectacular undersea geography. Within days of the expedition’s start, the team was discovering one ancient shipwreck after another and streaming each discovery live at www.nautiluslive.org. Dr. Ballard earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry and geology at the University of California at Santa Barbara and holds a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics. He retired from the Navy as a commander in 1995 after reaching the statutory service limit. He has received numerous honors for his discoveries, including the Lindbergh Award, the Explorers Medal and the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society. In 2003, President George W. Bush presented him with the National Humanities Medal in a White House ceremony. Ballard is President of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut; Scientist Emeritus at Woods Hole; and Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
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1977: Participates in an expedition that discovers thermal vents in the Galapagos Rift, leading to the discovery of chemosynthesis, the chemical synthesis of food energy. Chemosynthesis has been called one the “100 greatest scientific discoveries of all time” because of its implications for the possibility of life on other planets, as well as new forms of life here on Earth.
Robert Ballard Timeline June 30, 1942: Robert Duane Ballard is born in Wichita, Kansas. 1965: Graduates from the University of California at Santa Barbara with degrees in chemistry and geology. Following graduation, he serves two years as an intelligence officer in the Army Reserve before requesting a transfer to the Navy. 1967: Assigned to Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Institution in Massachusetts to work in deep submergence. 1973-74: Dives 9,000 feet in DSV Alvin and in a French submersible to explore the MidAtlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain chain in the Atlantic Ocean. 1974: Becomes a full-time marine scientist upon completing his doctoral degrees in marine geology and geophysics at the University of Rhode Island.
1985: Designs a series of remotely operated vessels to advance deep-sea exploration, most notably the Argo, a 16-foot submersible sled equipped with a remote-controlled camera that can transmit live black and white images to a monitor. The Argo is tested during a dive attempting to locate the underwater wreckage of Titanic and is successful in revealing the sunken ocean liner. 1986: Ballard dives on the site of the Titanic in the submersible, Alvin. 1989: After receiving thousands of letters from school children asking how he discovered the Titanic, Ballard founds The JASON Project, an educational program that uses video and audio satellite feeds and the Internet to allow students to follow various expeditions. Discovers the wreckage of the German battleship, Bismarck, which was heavily damaged by the British during World War II. 1993: Discovers the underwater wreck of the Lusitania, a British passenger liner that was torpedoed by the Germans and sunk off the coast
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2005: An Institute for Exploration expedition team, led by Dr. Ballard, launches a mission to the hydrothermal vent field of the Lost City, located in the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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of Ireland.This barbaric attack prompted the U.S. to enter World War I on the Allied side. 1997: Retires from Woods Hole and founds the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut, a center for deep-sea archaeology.
2009-10: Leads two expeditions to the Aegean and Black Seas aboard his new research vessel, the E/V Nautilus. Ballard and his crew map the sea floor, study underwater volcanoes, investigate unusual life forms and explore shipwrecks. A satellite dish on the Nautilus transmits live video and other data from the expedition 24/7.
1998: Leads a team in a search for lost wrecks from the Battle of Midway. The aircraft carrier Yorktown is discovered. 1999: Begins exploration of the Black Sea, finding proof that a catastrophic f lood inundated the Black Sea in the region north of Turkey. This flood may have occurred around 5500 B.C., corresponding to the time and location of the Old Testament account of Noah. 2000: Discovers the remains of an ancient wooden shipwreck in the Black Sea. The wreck is perfectly preserved, because the Black Sea is devoid of oxygen at great depth. 2002: Discovers the remains of PT 109, the patrol boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy in World War II; the boat sank in the Solomon Islands when a Japanese destroyer sliced through it. Joins the faculty of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography.
Unlike other explorers who keep their expeditions top secret, Ballard’s expeditions are streamed live online at www.nautiluslive.org
2010: The U.S. government seeks Ballard’s expertise during its response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the effort to stop the flow of oil 5,000 feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Summer/Fall 2011: The Nautilus and her crew return to the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean, discovering numerous ancient shipwrecks and geological wonders. Tonight, she is exploring off the coast of Israel.
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2003: President George W. Bush awards Dr. Ballard the National Humanities Medal.
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What If… Did a Richmonder rescue Ballard’s career?
Robert Ballard spent much of his early career underwater in a Deep Submergence Vessel (DSV) named Alvin, owned by the U.S. Navy. It was in Alvin that Ballard and his team discovered the thermal vents off the Galapagos Islands in 1977, and it was in Alvin that he dove on the wreck of the Titanic in 1986. But from October 1968 to September 1969, Alvin sat lost at the bottom of the ocean. While it was being lowered into the ocean with three crew members aboard and the hatch open, two steel cables snapped; the DSV quickly sank beneath almost a mile of water. The crew
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members escaped safely. Nearly a year later, a “Richmonder,” named the Aluminaut, came to the rescue of Alvin. The Aluminaut made the deep dive to the lost DSV, secured a line and net around the vessel and towed her to the surface. Alvin was completely overhauled and returned to service, including many years under the command of Robert Ballard. The rescuing Aluminaut, built in 1964 by Richmond-based Reynolds Metals Company, was the world’s first aluminum submarine and was operated from 1964 until 1970 by Reynolds Marine Services, often doing contract work for the U.S. Navy and Jacques Cousteau. When she was retired in 1970, the Aluminaut was donated by Reynolds to the Science Museum of Virginia, where she can be visited today.
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Trinity Episcopal School advocates service to one’s community as an important aspect of individual character development and the creation of a strong community. These Trinity students, selected from the School’s Honor Roll, serve as ushers for The Richmond Forum this season. Through their service, the students facilitate an exchange of ideas that broadens our understanding of the trends and issues shaping our lives and our community. Peyton Allison Tayler Anderson Tyler Anderson Ciara Balzer Alexandra Barnes Natalie Birkelien Lauren Brassington Wells Bridgforth Stuart Brown John Burke Abigail Carls Madison Clark Lauren Cravens Savanah Cummings Catherine Cunningham Emily Dodson Frank Dorman Mary Alyce Duncan
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Ted Koppel “Iran: Yesterday and Today” Hodding Carter, Paul Duke and Larry Speakes Diane Sawyer with General Brent Scowcroft Charles Kuralt
1 993-1994 November January February March April
“America in the Year 2000” Lamar Alexander, Marvin Cetron, Senator Warren Rudman and Chris Wallace Louis Rukeyser with Frank Cappiello and Michael Holland President George H. W. Bush Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Bob Newhart
1 987-1988 January February March April
Oprah Winfrey George Will “The Cold War – Will it Thaw?” Marvin Kalb, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Vladimir Pozner Art Buchwald
1 994-1995 November January February March April
General Colin Powell Walter Cronkite with Judy Woodruff Dave Barry Tom Clancy Jack Kemp and Senator George Mitchell
1 988-1989 January February March April
Sam Donaldson John Chancellor and Henry Kissinger “Should Drugs be Legalized?” William Buckley and Charles Rangel Dr. Carl Sagan
1 995-1996 November January February March April
Ambassador Carla Hills and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney “Space and Flight: The First & Last Men on the Moon” Neil Armstrong, Capt. Eugene Cernan, David Hartman and Dick Rutan Calvin Trillin Charles Kuralt “The Presidency, The Press and The People” Ed Bradley, David Gergen, Pierre Salinger, Sheila Tate and Bob Woodward
1 989-1990 January February March April
Paul Duke, Howard Fineman and Charles McDowell “Perspectives – From Right to Left” Frank Carlucci, Bettina Gregory, George McGovern, William Proxmire and William Rusher Mike Wallace Alistair Cooke
1 996-1997 November January February March April
Dick Cavett and Carl Reiner Ray Brady with Paul A. Volcker “To Preserve and Protect: The Story of the American Presidency” Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough Sir David Frost interviews Andrew Lloyd Webber “The Legal System in America” Marcia Clark, Philip K. Howard, Prof. Arthur Miller, Dr. Rodney Smolla and The Hon. Kym Worthy
1 990-1991 October January February March April
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt “Crisis in the Persian Gulf” Admiral William Crowe, General Alexander Haig, Robert McFarlane and Edwin Newman H. Ross Perot Art Buchwald and Andy Rooney “Space and Beyond” James Burke, Dr. Frank Drake and James Lovell Barbara Walters Margaret Thatcher Larry King with General Norman Schwarzkopf “DNA: From Catching Criminals to Constructing Dinosaurs” Patricia Cornwell, Dr. Victor McKusick and Dr. Marc Micozzi Mark Russell
1 997-1998 November January February March April
Bill Moyers Wynton Marsalis Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Dan Raviv Mary Tyler Moore Peter Lynch
1 991-1992 October January February March April
1 998-1999 November January February March April
Rt. Hon. John Major Robert S. Bennett and Dr. William J. Bennett with Tim Russert Harry S. Dent, Jr. and Lou Dobbs Lily Tomlin Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Michel Cousteau
1 992-1993 October January February March April
Terry Anderson “Japanese/American Trade Debate” with Hiroki Kato and T. Boone Pickens Dr. Joyce Brothers Bill Cosby Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with Cokie Roberts
1 999-2000 November January February March April
Julie Andrews with Catherine Crier “The Century” Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings “Technology and the New Marketplace” Ray Brady, Michael Connors and John Krubski Archbishop Desmond Tutu James Carville and Newt Gingrich with Tim Russert
Senator John Glenn Tom Brokaw Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Daniel Schorr Frank McCourt Dr. William Kelso
2 001-2002 November January February March April
Hal Holbrook in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark Twain Tonight!â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Marc Gellman and Msgr. Thomas Hartman Dick Clark Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright and The Hon. James A. Baker III with Gwen Ifill
2 002-2003 November January February March April
Ken Burns The Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Her Majesty Queen Noor with Gwen Ifill FBI Director Louis Freeh Senator Fred Thompson
2 003-2004 November January February March April
Cal Ripken, Jr. Robert Shiller and Jeremy Siegel with Geoff Colvin Candice Bergen Rt. Hon. Mary Robinson Thomas L. Friedman
2 004-2005 November January February March April
General Tommy Franks Michael Beschloss and Walter Isaacson Tim Russert Fareed Zakaria Frank Gehry
2005-2006 November January February March April
Robert Redford Sherry Lansing General Colin Powell Tom Wolfe Rick Wagoner with Geoff Colvin
2 006-2007 November January February March April
Burt Rutan Malcolm Gladwell and Alvin Toffler B.B. King Jim Lehrer Dr. Jared Diamond
2 007-2008 November January February March April
President Vicente Fox Carly Fiorina Michael Douglas with Jeffrey Brown Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. David Brooks
2 008-2009 November January February March April
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair Reza Aslan and Jon Meacham Smokey Robinson with Daphne Maxwell Reid Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long Marion Nestle and Michael Pollan
2 009-2010 November January March April May
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Greg Mortenson Steve Forbes Condoleezza Rice David Plouffe
2010-2011 November January February March April
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Laura Bush Anderson Cooper Dr. George M. Church David Blaine
This Season November Robert Ballard January Robert Gates February Quincy Jones March Charles Krauthammer & Robert Reich April Sir Ken Robinson & Rafe Esquith
The Richmond Forum congratulates Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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2 000-2001 November January February March April
Robert Gates An Evening with the Former U.S. Secretary of Defense January 14, 2012
On June 30th, Secretary Gates retired after serving four and a half years as Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, a tenure that included two U.S. wars, military involvement in Libya, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In total, Dr. Gates has served and advised eight presidents in a number of leadership roles, including Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Deputy National Security Adviser. In January, Dr. Gates will share his candid insights with us.
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Charles Krauthammer & Robert Reich March 24, 2012
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