A Cousteau in town
Jean Michel Cousteau, son of famed undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, pays a visit to Baltimore on Tuesday.
Now president of the Ocean Futures Society, Cousteau is scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall as part of the Baltimore Speakers Series. Admission is via a subscription to the entire speakers series.
For those who want to get a free preview, though, he will be speaking at 12:15 p.m. at Stevenson University's Inscape Theatre, 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153
I interviewed Jean-Michel nearly 30 years ago, while a reporter in Norfolk, VA. The Virginia city had offered the Cousteau Society offices and dock space for Calypso, Jacques Cousteau's equally famed research vessel. The society still maintains its US headquarters in the Hampton Roads area.
After Jacques Cousteau's death in 1997, however, control of the society passed to his second wife, Francine, a development that created a split in the family. Jean-Michel formed his own Ocean Futures Society in 1999. From the California-based group, the son produces filmed sea adventures and continues his father's legacy promoting conservation of the earth's oceans and marine life.
(AP 1994 photo)
Comments
I am really looking forward to hearing you speak on Friday at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida! And, to meeting you. My 11 year old daughter, Leigh, was given an assignment in science class, "If you could interview a scientist, who would it be, and what would you ask the scientist?" Leigh chose your father, Jacques Cousteau! : ) She is also very excited to see you. (I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau on National Geographic : ) )
Posted by: Kathryn Olson | October 20, 2009 2:19 PM
Just wanted to say that the films eluded to in the article are all fantastic. I haven't seen all of them yet (there are quite a few), but have seen a good chunk and have enjoyed every one of them. I'd love to see more oceanic documentaries and tv shows being produced. Put the "reality" back on "reality tv" and make it about something with some substance. As an aquarium and coral reef hobbyist, I have learned as much through documentaries as I have through reading. For someone who doesn't do much traveling, such as myself, I LOVE living vicariously through Jean-Michel and the others as they explore the wonders of the ocean. I wish I could've gone to this speaking engagement!
Posted by: Nicholas Sadaka | October 20, 2009 3:40 PM