{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Commencement","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement","author_name":"Carol D'Onofrio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/author\/cdonofrio-s\/","title":"Robert Ballard","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OE5hE2lWNi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/recipients\/robert-ballard\/\">Robert Ballard<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/recipients\/robert-ballard\/embed\/#?secret=OE5hE2lWNi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Robert Ballard&#8221; &#8212; Commencement\" data-secret=\"OE5hE2lWNi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/Robert-Ballard.jpg","thumbnail_width":720,"thumbnail_height":720,"description":"Citation We all know the qualities of good scientists. Good scientists are skeptics with insatiable curiosity, imagination and creativity, who are driven to test and retest their ideas against rigorous rules of scientific proof. They communicate their ideas in the language of their field, often meaningless to those outside it. At some time, we have [&hellip;]"}