Dr. Robert Ballard, ocean explorer and director of the Center for Ocean Exploration at the University of Rhode Island's graduate school of oceanography, visits with children of Office of Naval Research employees at ONR. Ballard is known for his exploration of the wreck of the RMS Titanic. He began his relationship with ONR as a naval reserve officer assigned as scientific liaison to ONR's branch office in Boston and assignment to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams)