Title: Lawyer, Academic
Company: University of Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- American Bar Association (Law of Sea Steering Committee, 1996-1999) (Maritime Terrorism and Piracy (Chairman, Law of Sea Committee, Subcommittee on Naval Warfare, 1989-Present) (Vice Chairman, Marine Resources Committee 1987-1990) (Working Group on Terrorism)
- American Folklore Society
- American Historical Society
- Arctic Institute of Northern America
- Christian Aid Mission
- Egypt Exploration Society
- Fence Club
- International Association Research on Peasant Diaries
- International Law Association (Chairman, American Branch Committee on Law of Sea, 1996-2001) (Co-Chairman, American Branch Committee on Law of Sea, 1996-2001) (Rapporteur, American Branch Committee EEZ, 1988-1990) (Rapporteur, American Branch Committee on Maritime Neutrality, 1992) (Rapporteur, Joint International Working Group on Uniformity of Law of Piracy 1998-2001)
- International Studies Association
- Leander Club
- Marine Technology Society (Chairman, Marine Security Committee, 1991-2004)
- Maritime International Committee, ASIS International
- Maritime Law Association of the United States (Chair, Working Group of Piracy, 1992-2003) (Chairman, Committee of International Law of Sea, 1999-2003) (Chairman, Subcommittee on Law of Sea, 1988-1991) (Committee Member, Subcommittee on Law of Sea, 1988-1991) (Proctor, Subcommittee on Law of Sea, 1988-1991) (United Nations Educational Study Group, 1998-Present) (Vice Chairman, Committee of International Law of Sea, 1991-1999)
- Mory’s Association
- National Eagle Scout Association
- Navy League of the United States
- Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society
- Oxford and Cambridge Club
- Paul Morphy Chess Club
- Pendennis Club
- Round Table Club of New Orleans
- Royal African Society
- Royal Anthropological Institute, Fellow
- Royal Asiatic Society
- Royal Geographic Society
- Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- RSAI
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Committee Member
- The American Anthropological Association
- The American Society of International Law
- The Cambridge Union
- The Elizabethan Club
- The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society
- The Phi Beta Kappa Society
- The Royal Celtic Society
- The Society for Nautical Research
- The Society for the History of Discoveries
- The University of Virginia Alumni Association, Raven Society
- The Yale Political Union
- United Nations (Observer, Convention on Law of Sea Meeting of States Parties, 1996)
- United States Naval Institute
- Yale Club New York City
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021)
- Inductee Top Professional of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2021, 2020, 2017)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
- Recipient, Piracy Reporting Center Fellowship, Kuala Lumpur (1993-Present)
- Recipient, IMB Fellowship, Interstate Commerce Commission, International Maritime Bureau, Interstate Commerce Commission (1991-Present)
- Recipient, Huntington Fellowship, The Mariners’ Museum and Park (1997)
- Recipient, Cosmos Fellowship, School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh (1991-1992)
- Recipient, Katharine Briggs Prize, American Folklore Society (1992)
- Recipient, Rhodes Scholarship, Yale University (1972)
- Scholar of House Fellowship, Yale University (1972)
- Recipient, Bates Traveling Fellowship, Yale University (1971)