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 (archaeologist), 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.

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"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