John Loret (November 28, 1928 – August 13, 2011) was an American marine biologist and explorer. He was a teacher at Queens College, City University of New York. He was the director of the Long Island Science Museum. In the 1980's John lead expeditions into the Mexican jungle looking for Myan temples. I recall that he had mapped parts of Mexico, before Satellite images were available. He also had a waterfall named after him. He was a small man in stature, but a very large man in life. A very driven man of excellence that always pushed people to do better. [2]
Loret was born in Albany, New York in 1928. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1949.[2] He studied at the New York University and was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut in 1974.[2]
John Loret was the President of The Explorers Club from 1993 to 1996.[3] John was one of the Last of the Old Time Explorers, he sailed with Thor Heyerdahl in 1955 to Easter Island on the Aku-Aku expedition[4]
John Loret Expedition Leader[5]
Loret, John (1 September 2012). Easter Island : Scientific Exploration Into the World's Environmental Problems in Microcosm (Paperback). Springer Us. p. 240. ISBN 9781461349563.
References
- ^ Loret, John. "KITIN MUÑOZ-THOR HEYERDAHL- DR. JOHN LORET -EXPLORERS". Youtube. The Public Access Television Corporation.
- ^ a b c Murphy, William (16 August 2011). "Explorer-biologist John Loret dies at 82". Newsday. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "About the Club – History – Club presidents, 1905 to present". The Explorers Club. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006.
- ^ Tusiani, Bea (17 May 1982). "Explorer and Educator Sounds Warnings on the Environment". NY Times.
- ^ "An Environmental Expedition Course in Search of the Maya". eric edgov.
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