Samuel Halpern is a systems engineer and technologist by profession, with a longstanding interest in steamships and sailing vessels, the study of naval architecture and the practice of celestial and coastal navigation. He has been involved with the study of Titanic for many years, and is the principal author of the book Report Into the Loss of the SS Titanic – A Centennial Reappraisal. Samuel has written over 25 articles on Titanic, including several for Encyclopedia Titanica, and is a member of the Titanic Historical Society and Titanic International Society. He lives in Chicago.
