January 14 - 7pm Location: CFK's Upper Keys Center in Key Largo
January 15 - 7pm Location: Tennessee Williams Theatre, Key West

Dr. Jack Stein Grove - Marine Biologist and CFK Distinguished Alumnus 2025

Dr. Grove explores how atolls form and examines the cultural impacts of rising seas across Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. He also recounts a dramatic expedition—raising a two-ton anchor from 150 feet of water amid tiger sharks, strong currents, and fading light on one of the world’s most remote uninhabited islands.

Dr. Jack Stein Grove, a 1972 graduate of the College of the Florida Keys. Dr. Grove began his research in the Galapagos in 1975 when he sailed out of Miami on a three-month expedition. Since then, Jack has published numerous scientific and popular articles on his research. He worked with Jean Michele Cousteau, who wrote the foreword to his first book, published by Stanford University Press in 1997. During the presentation on January 15, Jack will share with the audience the natural history of the Islands and his adventures of the past five decades, guiding thousands of snorkelers and divers through this enchanted archipelago.