10 a.m. This Morning

Program Director – Raymond E. Ashley, Ph.D.CEO of Maritime Museum to Speak at RB Historical Society at 10 am this morning. He is the President and CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego and a long time member of the maritime community. Dr. Ashley came to his present position in 1996 following a career that includes experience in ship preservation, conservation, shipbuilding, historical scholarship, publication and teaching at the university and community college levels. Dr. Ashley is a licensed shipmaster with sixty thousand miles of open ocean experience in command of a variety of vessels and rigs. He has sailed on Star of India as navigator for 21 of her modern voyages. He received a BA in anthropology from the University of California at San Diego, an MA in maritime history and underwater research from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Duke University. Dr. Ashley received the 1994 Lothrop Award from The American Neptune for the year’s best contribution to the field of maritime history for The Search for Longitude and is currently co-authoring a book with four other historians on the history of the American Merchant Marine.  He is also preparing to publish a work on the relationship between science and seafaring in the eighteenth century titled Longitude and Scurvy: The Problem-Solving Art. Dr. Ashley serves on the boards of the Council of American Maritime Museums, California Association of Museums, Cabrillo Festival, Sail Pacific Foundation, and the Port Tenants Association.  Hope you can make it:  RB Museum, at Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo Del Verano, 92128information, info-619-871-9333