Deep Sea 'Alvin' Designer Froehlich Dies
May 25, 2007 @ 09:50 AM (EST)
Source: Philly.com
Harold E. Froehlich, who designed a deep-sea vessel used to explore the wreckage of the Titanic and search for ocean life forms, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 84.
He had cancer and died May 19 at a suburban hospital, his family said.
Froehlich was named project manager for the vessel, named Alvin, in 1962 when the Navy and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute gave General Mills a contract to build a small, deep-diving submarine...
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