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JOHN P. CRAVEN
JOHN P. CRAVEN
Pages 84-89
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Much of his professional life and accomplishments involved the Navy, beginning with World War II service aboard the USS Nicholas Johnson was US maritime administrator (1964–1966)
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He is best known in some scientific circles for his work developing the Bayesian search theory for locating objects lost at sea. This was used on one occasion to find a lost hydrogen bomb, and later in locating a missing submarine.
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Indeed, one of the most striking examples of the breadth of his creativity was as founder of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii, the sustainable development experiment he called "a pipe, a pump, and a pond." On formerly unproductive Hawaiian land he created in 1974 a multifaceted laboratory that used deep cold water, and its temperature differential with the surface, to create electricity. The condensate from the cold water pipes, plus the soil's temperature differential between the pipes' chill at the plants' roots and the soil's surface, enabled the growth of succulent vegetables and fruits.
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John Craven is survived by his wife of 64 years, Dorothy, daughter Sarah (a women's rights advocate; director, Washington Office, United Nations Population Fund) , son David (a Chicago lawyer)
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