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John Richard Steffy (May 1, 1924 Lancaster, Pennsylvania – November 29, 2007 Bryan, Texas) was an American nautical archaeologist.

He attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He taught at University of Pennsylvania. He founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, with Michael L. Katzev, and George Bass. He was Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University, 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-104-0

References

1. "J. Richard Steffy Is Dead at 83; Made Shipwreck Analysis Scientific", The New York Times, DOUGLAS MARTIN, December 4, 2007
2. "J. Richard Steffy, a quiet genius who built his own field". 2 December 2007.
3. "Faculty - Nautical Archaeology Program - Department of Anthropology - Texas A&M University".
4. "J Richard Steffy".
5. "J. Richard Steffy - Institute of Nautical Archaeology". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-04-01.

External links

• "Steffy's legacy lives on", The Eagle, APRIL AVISON, November 30, 2007

• 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