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Distinguished Underwater Archeologist Kenneth J. Vrana to speak on The Titanic Mapping Project and Le Griffon Initiative on December 12
The Michigan Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that the President of the Center for Maritime & Underwater Resource Management underwater archaeologist Kenneth J. Vrana will be the speaker for the Sunday, December 12th lecture at 2 PM. Mr. Vranas presentation will provide background historical information, summaries, and updates on the current scientific investigation of RMS Titanic, and the archaeological assessment of a site in northern Lake Michigan believed by some to be LaSalle's Le Griffon, lost in 1679.
Kenneth J. Vrana is principal of Maritime Heritage Consulting, a member of Tribal Marine Services LLC, and president of the Center for Maritime & Underwater Resource Management (CMURM), a nonprofit scientific and educational organization originally established at Michigan State University in 1994. The mission of CMURM is to assist and enable businesses, communities, and governments in making the often difficult decisions necessary to wisely use and preserve their precious maritime heritage as well as sustain coastal tourism and other economic benefits. Mr. Vrana is also the Director of the Isle Royale Institute at Michigan Technological University (MTU), which is a collaborative program of MTU and the National Park Service to enhance research, education, and science‐based resource management at Isle Royale National Park and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior.
Mr. Vrana has been involved in numerous underwater archaeology and maritime heritage management projects as operational scuba diver, archaeological research diving technician, project coordinator, principal investigator, or consultant since 1979 on sites throughout the United States, and in the North Atlantic, Caribbean basin, and western Pacific. He was project coordinator for the first civilian expedition to Edmund Fitzgerald in 1989, and served as consulting underwater archaeologist for Titanic Expedition 2004, Carpathia Expedition 2007, and Titanic Expedition 2010. He is currently co‐director and co‐principal investigator of the Titanic Mapping Project for Premier Exhibitions, Inc. During a 30‐year career, Mr. Vrana has logged nearly 1,000 operational and scientific dives on historic shipwrecks and other underwater heritage sites.
The Michigan Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that the President of the Center for Maritime & Underwater Resource Management underwater archaeologist Kenneth J. Vrana will be the speaker for the Sunday, December 12th lecture at 2 PM. Mr. Vranas presentation will provide background historical information, summaries, and updates on the current scientific investigation of RMS Titanic, and the archaeological assessment of a site in northern Lake Michigan believed by some to be LaSalle's Le Griffon, lost in 1679.
Kenneth J. Vrana is principal of Maritime Heritage Consulting, a member of Tribal Marine Services LLC, and president of the Center for Maritime & Underwater Resource Management (CMURM), a nonprofit scientific and educational organization originally established at Michigan State University in 1994. The mission of CMURM is to assist and enable businesses, communities, and governments in making the often difficult decisions necessary to wisely use and preserve their precious maritime heritage as well as sustain coastal tourism and other economic benefits. Mr. Vrana is also the Director of the Isle Royale Institute at Michigan Technological University (MTU), which is a collaborative program of MTU and the National Park Service to enhance research, education, and science‐based resource management at Isle Royale National Park and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior.
Mr. Vrana has been involved in numerous underwater archaeology and maritime heritage management projects as operational scuba diver, archaeological research diving technician, project coordinator, principal investigator, or consultant since 1979 on sites throughout the United States, and in the North Atlantic, Caribbean basin, and western Pacific. He was project coordinator for the first civilian expedition to Edmund Fitzgerald in 1989, and served as consulting underwater archaeologist for Titanic Expedition 2004, Carpathia Expedition 2007, and Titanic Expedition 2010. He is currently co‐director and co‐principal investigator of the Titanic Mapping Project for Premier Exhibitions, Inc. During a 30‐year career, Mr. Vrana has logged nearly 1,000 operational and scientific dives on historic shipwrecks and other underwater heritage sites.
