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P.O. BOX 6157 Woodridge, Illinois 60517 45th Annual Awards Program 630-969-6690 voice April 13, 2019 – New York Yacht Club – New York e-mail [email protected] [email protected]

Roberta A. Flanders Executive Administrator

Graphic design by Rolex SA – Cover photo: Olivia Johnson – Thank you to all the iconographics contributors. © Rolex SA, Geneva, 2019 – All rights reserved. 1 3 Welcome

It is my honor to welcome you to New York City and to the 45th anniversary celebration of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society®. It is a great pleasure for me as president of the Society to bring the “family” together each year to renew friendships, celebrate all of our interns and Rolex Scholars, and acknowledge the eƒorts of our volunteers. Once again, we celebrate a long history of extraordinary scholarship, volunteer service, organizational partnership, and corporate sponsorship, especially an amazing, uninterrupted partnership with Rolex, our founding corporate sponsor.

We bring three new Rolex Scholars and ve new interns into our family resulting in an accumulative total of 103 Rolex Scholars and 107 interns since the inception of the Society, and all of this has been accomplished by our all-volunteer organization. Forty- ve years of volunteers have been sel‹ess in their eƒorts serving as directors, oŒcers, committee members, coordinators, and technical advisors all motivated to support the Society’s mission “to promote educational activities associated with the underwater world.”

None of this would have been possible without the incredible support by the Society’s many organizational partners and corporate sponsors through- out the years. ‘e one constant in the Society’s “life and history” has been the Rolex family which has been our “partner in education” during every one of our 45 years of educational outreach and scholarship.

I take this opportunity on behalf of the directors and oŒcers of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society® to thank 45 years’ worth of volunteers, hosts, organizational partners, and corporate sponsors for supporting us and sharing in our dream of a better planet.

Steve Barnett, 1990 Rolex Scholar President ® © YANN HERRERA FUCHS Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society

1 2 PARTNERS IN EDUCATION SINCE 1974

our world-underwater scholarship society ® 45TH Annual Awards Program

WELCOME Elvin W. D. Leech, MBE, Chairman

2018 ROLEX SCHOLARS YEAR IN REVIEW & FLAG RETURN Drift-diving the Currents of Conservation Yann Herrera Fuchs 2018 North American Rolex Scholar Sonder: Giving Voice to the Oceans Èric Jordà Molina 2018 European Rolex Scholar Challenging Changes Olivia J. Johnson 2018 Australasian Rolex Scholar

DINNER

Dr. David Wilkinson 2019 DAN Rolex Diver of the Year

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

PRESENTATION OF THE 2019 ROLEX SCHOLARSHIPS Neha Acharya-Patel 2019 North American Rolex Scholar Kim S. Hildebrandt 2019 European Rolex Scholar Joanna N. Smart 2019 Australasian Rolex Scholar

© ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA

2 3 History

103 ROLEX SCHOLARS, 107 INTERNS, AND SO MANY VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ALL CREATED A SIGNIFICANT From its roots in the Midwestern United States LEGACY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION 45 years ago, the Our World-Underwater Scholarship AND OUR FUTURE. Society® has grown into a global organization. 103 Rolex Scholars — in North America, Europe, and Australasia — along with 107 interns in North America and Europe have created a significant legacy for our organization. Many of our Rolex In 1972, Harry Shanks and ‘e rst few scholarships were managed by the diving industry in the form of diving and under- Scholars and interns have gone on to distinguished Joyce Markstahler traveled Scholarship Committee of Our World-Underwater, water photographic equipment, advanced and careers in the underwater sciences, marine research, to San Francisco to attend which was initially chaired by Dr. MacInnis. specialized dive training, hosting experiences and and photography. the “Man in the Sea” dive subsidized travel, and an engraved diver’s watch show. During a cruise on In 1978, the Scholarship Committee of Our World- donated by Rolex to each of the scholars. It all began in 1969, when Joyce Markstahler and San Francisco Bay, Joyce spoke with Dr. Joe Underwater was incorporated as a separate Jim Mackie-Smith formulated the idea of a MacInnis, a Canadian physician and well-known entity in the State of Illinois as the Our World- In 2001, Rolex SA, Geneva, saw the positive impact Middle Coast dive show. ‘ey approached Harry explorer. They discussed a proposal from the Underwater Scholarship Society® (OWUSS). of the award and agreed to sponsor a European Shanks, President-YMCA Metro Council of OWU Board of Directors to use $1,500 of the For many years, the annual meetings for the Rolex Scholar, giving the Our World-Underwater Chicago, for assistance in developing the Our OWU dive show pro ts to nance research. Dr. Scholarship Society were held in Chicago during Scholarship Society® international reach and World-Underwater (OWU) Dive and Travel MacInnis in turn pro posed an alternative idea. the OWU show. exposure. In 2001, the scholarship of the Our Exposition. Harry supplemented the initial cadre He suggested using the money to invest in an World-Underwater Scholarship Society® was of volunteers with the officers of the Metro individual with an experience-based scholarship In 2000, the directors of OWU sold the rights of renamed the Rolex Scholarship and all scholars Council and premiered that rst OWU show at that would cultivate the individual in the industry the dive show. Since that time, the Scholarship dating back to 1974 became Rolex Scholars. Chicago’s Playboy Hotel in 1971. and the underwater world. ‘en and there, on Society is no longer associated with OWU, and in Sep tem ber 3, 1972, the Our World-Underwater 2005, the Scholarship Society moved its annual In 2007, Rolex Australia further expanded ‘e initial idea was that the pro ts from the Scholarship was born. meeting to New York City. ‘e Scholarship Society the Society’s international outreach with the show would be donated to the YMCA scuba has thrived through the invaluable assistance of addition of the Australasian Rolex Scholarship. program in Chicago. Joyce named the new dive During the next year and a half, Joyce Markstahler its many dedicated volunteers and sponsors, who In addition to the Rolex Scholarships, OWUSS show “Our World-Underwater,” and LeRoy and Joe MacInnis worked to develop a list of hosts have worked hard to promote educational activities currently oƒers internships in North America. Winbush designed the logo, which is still in use and experiences that would provide a credible associated with the underwater world. Rolex Watch ‘e North American summer internships are today. ‘e upper half of the logo features the scholarship experience to a young person, so USA has been the Society’s “partner in education” oƒered for a one- to three-month period and Great Lakes of the United States, re‹ecting the they could be developed as a future steward since 1974. As the Society’s Founding Partner, are primarily directed at college undergraduates. primary diving environment of the Society’s of the waters of the world. ‘e inaugural Our Rolex has worked with the board of directors in the Internship recipients receive a grant to help founders and supporters. ‘e logo is a permanent World-Underwater Schol ar ship was awarded to form of advice and counsel since our inception. fund travel, room and board, and a stipend to reminder of the Society’s roots. Mark Bensen in 1974. Additional support comes from throughout the cover living expenses.

4 5 NORTH AMERICAN ROLEX SCHOLAR YANN HERRERA FUCHS

COLLABORATED WITH > 15 Academic institutions: Indiana University, Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile, Scripps, Shannon Point Marine Center, © DYLAN SILVER Stanford Hopkins Marine Station, Universidad del Atlántico, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, © YANN HERRERA FUCHS UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Over/Under photo taken at the Digital Shootout Underwater Imaging Workshop in Roatan YEAR IN REVIEW del Mar, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia > More than 200 dives San Juan Bosco, Universidade Federal Santa > More than 50 free-dives Catarina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, University of NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS Southern California, Woods Hole Oceanographic > More than 50 cave dives Institution AND ACHIEVEMENTS > 15 Hours on a > 15 NGO’s: > records: 28m constant > 10 dives Comunidad y Biodiversidad, Conservation , 27m free immersion, 50m > 5 International, Conservation X Labs, CORALIUM, dynamic and 4:30 minute breath-hold Coral Restoration Project, > 2 Quarries International Ocean Institute, MexCAL, National static > 11 Countries: Geographic, Oceana, Ocean Exploration Trust, > Digital Shootout Photography Competition: Sigalt, Pew Charitable Trusts, Pelagios Kakunjá, Argentina, Brazil, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman 1st place Macro Traditional, 3rd place Islands, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Proyectosub, Te Mau o Te Vaikava o Rapa Nui Wide Angle Traditional Honduras, Mexico, United States > 10 Enterprises/companies: > 14 Islands: Backscatter, Cortez Expeditions, Divers Alert > 3D photogrammetry: Scanning of World Abaco, Channel Islands (Santa Cruz, Catalina), Network, Global Underwater Explorers, Mexico Heritage Chichén Itzá with Virtual , Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nuytco, Dominican Republic, Rapa Nui, Espíritu Santo, Wonders, 3D modelling at Grand Cayman, Roatán, Revillagigedo (Socorro, Subgravity, Vancouver Aquarium, Virtual Wonders, Roca Partida, San Benedicto), San Pedro Nolasco, Silent Diving Universidad del Mar (project accepted in Alcatrazes, Vancouver Island (Salt Spring, Nigel), > 4 Government agencies: Mexican Society for Coral Reefs Todos Santos California Fish and Game, Massachusetts Division (SOMAC) conference), mapping of > 20 Nights at sea of Fisheries, NASA’s Neutral Lab, Smithsonian Institution unexplored Seal Cove Cave with Ocean > range 5°C - 31°C Exploration Trust > Over 40m depth > 1 community: Pescadores de Bahía Kino > Archaeological and scientifi c expeditions > 1 Indigenous tribe: to the Channel Islands and Revillagigedo Swinomish Archipelago

> Worked in world-class MPA’s on policy © CHRIS ADAIR

LiDar scanning to digitize the wonder of and ocean governance Chichén Itzá through photogrammetry. Working on depth performance during © Chris Millbern breath-hold training.

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EXPERIENCES

> PADI course © ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA © ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA > workshop DIVING IN FREEZING ANTARCTIC WATERS A HERD OF CHINSTRAP PENGUINS SWIMMING with Alex Mustard and Saeed Rashid TO SAMPLE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES GRACEFULLY IN ANTARCTIC WATERS > Eco Diver course © Diego Bravo Gómez and surveying of coral reefs in Egypt > GUE Fundamentals training NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS with John Kendall AND ACHIEVEMENTS > Documentation Techniques for Scientifi c > Introduced to using YEAR IN REVIEW Divers course (with introduction to twinset and sidemount confi gurations > More than 230 dives photogrammetry among others) > Developed artistic and technical > Travelled to 12 countries/territories: UK, Egypt, Sweden, Norway, Indonesia, Philippines, > Coral gardening project in the Philippines competence in underwater Chile, Argentina, Antarctica (South Shetland Islands > HSE Commercial Diver Part IV certifi cate photography and fi lming and Peninsula), Iceland, US (Alaska and New York), Ecuador > TDI Advanced and Helitrox > Gained scientifi c diving skills Certifi cate with Mark Powell and experience (documentation > 6 continents > RAID Sidemount course with Garry Dallas and sampling/surveying mainly for > More than 30 fl ights > Research assistant and diver studying benthic studies) symbiotic microorganisms of Antarctic > Attended world-renowned festivals © ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA marine sponges and conferences in natural history

> Experienced the underwater world LEARNING CORAL GARDENING TECHNIQUES fi lm-making and exploration AT AMUN INI BEACH RESORT AND SPA, of Tierra del Fuego in Ushuaia, iN THE PHILIPPINES > Certifi ed as a professional diver to work southernmost city of the world underwater > Research assistant and diver studying the > Spent 39 days diving in Antarctica trophic pathways of benthic communities conducting marine research in waters associated with different Antarctic between -2 and 3 ºC biogenic substrates > Crossed the Drake passage twice > Filming hatching wolffi sh and diving > Dived with humpback whales and in hydrothermal vents in Icelandic waters penguins and had close encounters with with Erlendur Bogason leopard seals

© ALEX MUSTARD > Scientifi c diving course in Alaska © ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA > Embraced the opportunity to learn in with Brenda Konar 1 year what would have taken 5 years or MY FIRST STEPS IN UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY A BEAUTIFUL NUDIBRANCH FROM THE WATERS TOGETHER WITH ALEX MUSTARD IN THE RED SEA > to the Galapagos Archipelago OF MANADO, INDONESIA more to learn and experience

8 9 AUSTRALASIAN ROLEX SCHOLAR OLIVIA J. JOHNSON

EXPERIENCES > Research Scientist for the Australian Antarctic Program on the largest ever Blue Whale and Antarctic Krill Scientific voyage in history, the ENRICH Voyage © ABBIE SMITH > Contributed to novel research on Manta Rays in the Philippines YEAR IN REVIEW in a tourist hotspot > More than 30 experiences > Developed underwater photography > More than 240 dives and videography skills with award winning © Alex KYDD > More than 200 hours compressed, or the photographers and cinematographers

equivalent of 8 consecutive days underwater including those associated with Olivia photographing a turtle in Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia > 71 Flights National Geographic and the BBC > 84 days on ships > Learned about shark research NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS > 4 continents for 8 different species including AND ACHIEVEMENTS > 15 countries: Great White Sharks and Bull Sharks > Graduated with first-class honours visiting places including Fiji, Wallis, Futuna, > Diving expedition through the South in Marine & Antarctic Science Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Tonga, South Australia, Coral Bay, Bali, Papua New Pacific from Fiji across to French Polynesia > Dived to 35m on a single breath Guinea, Philippines, USA (San Diego, Las Vegas, > Assisted in the filming and story collection > Became a PADI Scuba Instructor Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, San Francisco, Oregon, and Alaska), New Zealand of the National Geographic supported > 15 magazine/blog publications and Antarctica Project with for 4 organisations

> Over 150,000 miles travelled the Ocean Imaging team > Helped to get the Great Southern Reef Mum and calf humpback whales in Vavau, Tonga © OLIVIA JOhnson > Temperature range -10°C to 40°C > Contributed to curriculum nominated as a Mission Blue Hopespot > Bearing range of 66°42.4’ S, 147°42.0 E for Primary and Secondary education > Diving the kelp forests of the to 58°30.19’ N, 134°41.97 W in Papua New Guinea Channel Islands National Parks Diving Training > Hyperbaric Chamber medicine training and in a freshwater cave system > PADI Scuba Instructor > Aquarium diving and education outreach (the first time for me!) > Emergency First Response Instructor research at Monterey Bay Aquarium > Swimming with Humpback Whales > PADI Instructor Development Course and Oregon Coast Aquarium in Tonga and Coral Bay > Molchanov Wave 2 Freediver > Scientific diving and research > Participating in marine conservation efforts > PADI Drysuit Diver in cold water with the University of in remote parts of the Philippines Macrocystis pyrifera in Blackmans Bay, > Diver Alaska Southeast > Met a marine biology icon, Dr Tasmania © OLIVIA JOhnson

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YANN HERRERA FUCHS

“The protection of our aquatic resources varies from context to culture; there is no single recipe for good conservation measures. Rather, one must endorse the many facets of conservation and be open to © CHRIS ADAIR multidisciplinary © YANN HERRERA FUCHS approaches.”

ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA

“The moment your head plunges under the freezing ANTARCTIC waters you think to yourself how FOOLISH you were and how ironic it was to think about this region on Earth as a white icy desert! Its amazing colourful submarine biodiversity has inspired me with a passion to explore and discover more about the polar and study the changes © SAEED RASHID that they may suffer © Paula González in the future.”

OLIVIA J. JOHNSON

“Deciding to dive with Great White Sharks was one of the most difficult experiences I have ever chosen to do, © Sam Brakenridge but quite possibly © OLIVIA JOhnson the most rewarding”

12 13 DAN ROLEX NORTH AMERICAN DIVER OF THE YEAR ROLEX SCHOLAR DR. DAVID WILKINSON NEHA ACHARYA-PATEL

Dr. David Wilkinson is an anesthesiologist and the ‘e hotline’s toll-free number is fully funded by Growing up in Waterloo, Ontario, Neha, 24, and divemaster at a research center in Malawi, director of at the DAN World, and the doctors who take these calls spent much of her summers exploring the lakes diving in one of the great African lakes, and Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia. He is also a are unpaid volunteers. More than 20 years ago and rivers that make up the Great Canadian monitoring the biodiversity of the evolutionarily clinical lecturer at the University of Adelaide. David took over as coordinator of the DES hotline Shield. Comfortable in the water from a young fascinating cichlid sh. ‘rough this, she gained David graduated from Flinders University in and has elded the majority of the calls that have age, and ever curious about her surroundings, technical eld and project management skills, 1986 with degrees in medicine and surgery and come in since then. Currently the hotline receives Neha’s interest in aquatic environments naturally and experienced first-hand the challenges of subsequently underwent training in family medicine, about 400 calls each year. extended to the sea. In high school she rst took running a research program in a developing obstetrics and gynecology, and anesthesiology. David sits on the boards of directors of DAN the plunge and learnt to dive in a snowy little country with very diƒerent cultural expectations. One day while working in the intensive care unit at Asia-Paci c and the Australasian “dive park” – essentially a pond with a collection As a second-generation immigrant and avid the Royal Adelaide Hospital, David was checking Foundation/DAN Asia-Pacific Foundation, of sunken refrigerators and toilets. traveller, she believes that true conservation on a patient who was receiving treatment in a hy- organizations dedicated to advancing diving She did not dive again until 5 years later when she eƒorts can be made only when certain cultural perbaric chamber. As soon as he saw the chamber he safety throughout the Asia-Paci c region. His moved to the west coast to attend the University of nuances are understood and acknowledged. was fascinated by it. ‘ere was an element of frontier commitment to hyperbaric medicine and his British Columbia to study biology with a marine Following her work in Africa, she began working medicine in the use of hyperbaric that piqued volunteer work with the DES hotline have specialization. ‘ere, she was exposed to one of the as a research diver and technician with the Hakai his interest and inspired him to specialize in diving helped countless divers get the care or practical most diverse temperate ecosystems in the world, Research Institute, studying rates of change in and hyperbaric medicine. He earned his diploma and medical guidance they needed when they needed and there was no going back. ‘rough university temperate coastal ecosystems in the context of an certi cate in the specialty and was admitted as a it most. she completed her Scientific , anthropomorphically in‹uenced world. Working Fellow of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine An avid diver and cyclist, David enjoys food and receiving her CAUS certi cation, and subsequently there has allowed her to further nurture her (FUHM) in 2013. wine and spending time with his wife and two participated in a marine ecology course at the passion for the marine world and cultivate her Physicians in the hyperbaric medicine unit at the daughters. He is an advanced nitrox diver and is Bam eld Marine Sciences Center on Vancouver diving skills. Royal Adelaide Hospital (and in recent years, other trained in decompression diving. David’s passion for Island. At this station she also did a study examining Becoming the 2019 Rolex Scholar is a dream Australian hospitals) operate Australia’s Diving helping injured divers led him to a remarkable elasmobranch cardiorespiratory regulation, which come true for Neha. As an aspiring scientist, she Emergency Service (DES) hotline. ‘e DES hotline career in hyperbaric medicine, and his decades of inspired her interest in animal and diving physiology, hopes the Scholarship will allow her to explore is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week to service to divers have been a tremendous boon to and resulted in her first academic publication. different research avenues, explore advanced provide medical guidance to injured divers in need. the dive community in Australia and worldwide. Following her undergraduate degree, Neha worked diving technology, and bridge communication as a diver and interpreter in a small catch-and- with the general population in order to inspire The world’s most recognized and respected dive safety organization, (DAN) has release aquarium, where she realised the value of change from a wider diversity of people. She remained committed to the health and well-being of divers for 39 years. The organization’s research, eƒective science communication, something she aims to take away a well-informed picture of the medical services and global-response programs support an extensive network capable of reaching hopes to hone this upcoming year. environmental challenges being faced globally divers with vital injury-prevention initiatives, educational programs and lifesaving evacuations. Every Neha also completed her PADI divemaster training, and use this information to make a meaningful day, hundreds of thousands of divers around the world look to DAN as their dive safety organization. which facilitated her next job as a research assistant contribution to marine conservation.

14 15 EUROPEAN AUSTRALASIAN ROLEX SCHOLAR ROLEX SCHOLAR KIM S. HILDEBRANDT JOANNA N. SMART

Kim, 22, is a Veterinary Medicine student with In 2016, Kim began pursuing her childhood dream Joanna, 22, is from the seaside town of and AAUS and completed her PADI open a fascination for aquatic animals, especially ma- in Hannover, Germany: studying veterinary Hobart on Australia’s southern island, water scuba Instructor’s certi cation. rine mammals. A keen sportsperson and hobby medicine. She attended extracurricular courses in Tasmania. Her early memories of the ocean Whilst completing her degree, Joanna worked photographer with an adventurous mind, she is Turtle Anatomy and Clinics, and a marine-biologic involve finding sea creatures in rock pools, as a deckhand and naturalist for an ecotour originally from Hamburg. and ornithologic excursion on a North Sea holm, fishing, and through the giant company, as a Field Assistant in Palau and as Kim has always felt a deep connection to animals and exploring veterinary practise, research and kelp forests that once covered the Tasmanian an assistant technical oŒcer for the University nature. Her interest for the underwater world was conservation work with sh and seabirds. coastline. Eager to continue exploring, of Tasmania. Upon completion of her degree, sparked by Frank Schätzing´s “‘e Swarm”, leaving When Kim finished her Veterinary Preliminary Joanna obtained her Open Water Scuba Joanna commenced work as a Project OŒcer her wondering what is still to be discovered about Examination, ranking 5th in her year, she was drawn license at the age of 13. for a marine environmental consultancy. ‘is marine organisms and humans’ impact on them. back to the sea, spending an Erasmus semester in During her high school years, Joanna’s passion work has allowed Joanna to learn about To indulge her curiosity, she moved to a coastal Lisbon. She attended the course “Wildlife and for marine life, science and oft-forgotten aspects of effective marine town in New Zealand and attended the Mercury Conservation Medicine” and gained experience in continued. She completed her Advanced conservation including marine development Bay Area School to take focused programs on marine mammal pathology by performing a necropsy Open Water, and Divemaster impacts, aquaculture, and waste water marine sciences and outdoor education. She on a stranded common dolphin, whereby she learned training. She also undertook an independent management. investigated the impact of construction for new about anatomy, physiology and parasitology. research project as part of her Tasmanian In conjunction with her work as a project canal systems of the local river estuary on Along her studies, Kim developed the will to follow Certi cate of Education, exploring the im - officer, Joanna has been completing an population size and health of a resident sh the concept “One World, One Health”, focussing pacts of invasive marine pests in Tasmanian honours thesis exploring how seaweed species, and completed Project Jonah Marine on relations between anthropogenic actions, waters. Joanna balanced her schooling with a farming can be used to uptake excess Mammal Medic training, practicing Stranding environmental changes, and the consequences for passion for swimming, where she spent several aquaculture effluent. This project aims to Responses to Cetaceans. wildlife, especially in the marine environment. years with the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. develop a species selection index which aims Kim also discovered her passion for scuba Becoming the 2019 European Rolex Scholar is an She later moved this passion to the ocean and to assist researchers and farmers in selecting diving. She got certified as a PADI Rescue invaluable opportunity for Kim to explore how to later went on to win the Tasmanian Iron the most suitable seaweeds for ulturing, whilst Diver, having dived around New Zealand´s combine her mission for the future with the Woman Championship. also minimising environmental impact of the North Island, including wreck dives on the academic path of a veterinarian, and her love for Joanna was awarded an academic scholarship overall operation. HMNSZ Canterbury. It all evoked a long-lasting diving, which she hopes to push to a scienti c at the University of Tasmania in 2015. Joanna Joanna is honoured to represent Rolex and magnetism for exploring the underwater world level. She could imagine getting involved in graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Marine OWUSS as the 2019 Australasian scholar and is and fuelled her wish to contribute to ocean and aquatic animal medicine and research, as well as and Antarctic Science majoring in Marine incredibly grateful for this amazing opportunity. marine animals´ health in the future. More wildlife and conservation work, but is eager to Biology and Marine and Antarctic Ecology, ‘roughout the year, she hopes to explore sus- recently, she dived with a marine scientist while discover alternative paths through opportunities earning a place on the Dean’s honour roll. tainable to issues facing the marine completing her Nitrox Level 2 certification, provided by the Rolex Scholarship of the Our During this time, Joanna undertook scienti c environment and the empowerment of ocean- waking her interest for scienti c diving. World-Underwater Scholarship Society. diving training with certi cations from ADAS dependent communities.

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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF UNDERWATER SCIENCES (AAUS) MITCHELL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP Elizabeth L. Hasan, University of Liza Hasan, 22, is from Park Ridge, IL. She will Colorado, Boulder be graduating from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in May 2019 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. During her time at the University of Colorado, she has had the opportunity to conduct research on alpine plant ecology, prairie dog spatial dynamics, and greenback cutthroat trout restoration. The Mitchell Scientific Diving Research Liza has always loved being around water and Internship provides undergraduates with was rst able to explore the underwater world in experiences to build upon their scientific 2011 when she was certi ed as an Open Water diving education and to further help prepare Diver. Despite going to college in a land-locked them for a future in science, research state, Liza has found ways to make it back to the diving, or scientific diving-related fields. ocean. During the Fall 2017 semester, she The internship is designed for studied abroad at the CIEE Research Station undergraduates who are active American Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. She took courses in Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) coral reef ecology and marine conservation and scientific divers interested in assisting had the opportunity to conduct an independent with the day-to-day operations of an AAUS research project on the impact of community Organizational Member. Opportunities include structure on the branchial crown area of feather planning scientific dives, preparing dive duster worms. While on Bonaire, Liza also equipment, assisting in scientific diver train- earned her Advanced Adventure, Rescue Diver, ing, participating on research projects, and AAUS Scienti c Diver certi cations. spending time on research boats, diving, Liza has continued to dive in Colorado as interacting with divers, and logging dives. The a volunteer diver at the Denver Downtown internship may also include advanced training Aquarium. She is excited and honored to return in program management, offering insights to research diving this summer as the AAUS into operational standards, proper dive Mitchell Scienti c Diving Research Intern. She planning, documentation, and operation and is thrilled about the opportunity to continue maintenance of equipment and facilities. expanding her marine research experience and Photo collage © Olivia Johnson learn from the members of her research team.

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DR. LEE H. SOMERS DIVERS ALERT AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NETWORK (DAN) UNDERWATER SCIENCES Kyra Jean Cipolla, 22, is currently a senior at Drew DIVER’S SAFETY Abbey Dias, 21, is currently a junior studying (AAUS) SCIENTIFIC University in Madison, New Jersey, pursuing a EDUCATION Biology and minoring in Chemistry at Whitman DIVING INTERNSHIP double major in Environmental Science & INTERNSHIP College in Walla Walla, Washington. Abbey Sustainability (ESS) and Italian Studies. Upon grew up on the west coast, originally from Kyra Jean M. Cipolla, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in May 2019, Abigail S. Dias, Redmond, Washington. When she has the Drew University Kyra is eager to begin research and underwater Whitman College chance to come home, Abbey usually spends exploration as the 2019 Our World-Underwater more time underwater than on land. She is Scholarship Society Dr. Lee H. Somers Scienti c excited to explore the opportunity of combining Diving Intern with AAUS. her passions for medicine and scuba diving Kyra, from New Jersey, has long been passionate through her internship with the Divers Alert about and holds a great appreciation for extremely Network. biodiverse ecosystems, especially coral reefs. ‘at In 2017, Abbey earned her PADI open water is why her career goal is to conduct research scuba certi cation and since then has worked her focused on tropical coral reef ecology. She believes way to PADI rescue diver status. As part of an eƒective marine scientist is developed not only Annie Crawley’s dive team, she has been by studying literature and researching within a lab, Offered at Divers Alert Network (DAN) involved in community outreach and education This internship provides experience for a but also by literally diving deeper with hands-on headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, to promote awareness of ocean pollution and young person interested in a future in approaches to oceanographic research in order ’s Safety Education Internship conservation in the Seattle area. Abbey’s passion science, diving for research, or scientific to explore the unknown gaps in our knowledge focuses on the need for ongoing education for the ocean led her to study on the small island diving-related fields. Intern applicants can of marine systems. Expanding knowledge of among divers. While not directly involving of South Caicos, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, be students from colleges and universities dynamics within coral reef ecology through diving, the internship provides exposure to during the Fall semester of 2018 where she with an interest in science and diving. The continuous, worthwhile research is crucial both for a non-traditional application of education as researched coral health through 3D modeling program runs from mid-May through August humanity and for the large numbers of marine a recreational activity. The intern participates in the local reef. ‘ere, she had the opportunity to and will include training at one of several species that rely on reefs. the development, monitoring, and evaluation of try her hand at scienti c diving and underwater AAUS organizational member sites. This ‘e overarching theme of her research interests programs dedicated to the safety education of photography. Her research also includes work in training will give the intern the necessary involves the adaptations of organisms within the diving public from a nonprofit setting. Dr. Adam Summers’s lab at Friday Harbor dive qualifications to allow participation on coastal ecosystems, with an emphasis on the Internship activities are based on current Laboratories in the San Juan Islands, WA, research projects requiring scientific diving resiliency and recovery of coral in response to programs or projects in development at studying bone density in deep-sea shes using and introduce the intern to careers that utilize environmental stressors (particularly ocean DAN, and may be tailored to accommodate micro-CT scanning. scientific diving as a tool. Once trained as an acidi cation and increased sea surface temperature). individual intern interests. Projects may Abbey is grateful for the opportunity to be part of AAUS-recognized diver-in-training, interns She considers expanding knowledge and awareness include reviewing and revising existing the OWUSS and DAN families, and looks forward will participate in underwater fieldwork at for vulnerable ecosystems vital for conservation and programs, vetting evaluation materials, to improving dive safety education materials. She one or more locations and research facilities is fortunate to eƒectively do so with the AAUS scripting video content, and assisting in hopes to eventually instruct diving and continue associated with AAUS. Scientific through the Our the development of new programs. her mission of educating the community about World-Underwater Scholarship Society. health and ocean conservation.

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NATIONAL PARK Michael Langhans, 23, is from San Mateo, DR. JAMIE L. KING Ben, 22, graduated in May 2018 with a degree in SERVICE RESEARCH California. He’s been in love with the underwater REEF ENVIRONMENTAL Biology from the University of Kentucky. Ben has been INTERNSHIP world since his rst scuba dive at age 18 and has EDUCATION fascinated by the underwater world from a young age since logged more than 600 dives in a variety of FOUNDATION (REEF) and earned his open-water dive certi cation in 2017. Michael R. Langhans, diverse ecosystems. He recently graduated from the MARINE Vacationing to beaches in South Carolina and New University of California, University of California, Santa Cruz, where he CONSERVATION Hampshire, he has long found the wetlands and Santa Cruz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine INTERNSHIP intertidal communities fascinating. Back home in Biology with honors. Kentucky, Ben explored everything from lakes to Attending UCSC enabled Michael to get a Benjamin H. Farmer small creeks and cave systems. comprehensive introduction into marine research. University of Kentucky Yearning to return to the ocean, Ben pursued a semester He completed his AAUS Scientific Diver of education abroad on the Caribbean island of Bonaire certi cation through the university and used those during his junior year. ‘e CIEE Research Station was newly developed skills in various eld quarters, where Ben gained an intense appreciation for coral reef allowing him to collect data and conduct research ecology, scuba diving, and scienti c communication. on species interactions in Central ‘e incredible connection between the staƒ, students, California and Southeast Alaska. Along with and local community stoked Ben’s interest in ground- diving for school, Michael has been working as a level conservation eƒorts. diving technician, conducting hundreds of dives Upon returning to the University of Kentucky, Ben monitoring marine protected areas and working on pursued an internship with the International Center, The National Park Service Research large-scale ecological experiments. where he was able to leverage his unique experience Internship provides a unique opportunity As well as scienti c diving, Michael has a passion Offered in Key Largo, Florida, the Marine abroad to help prospective students nd their own to work with leading archaeologists, for underwater photography. What started as Conservation Internship provides an programs. Ben continued to hone his research and underwater photographers, and scientists shaky videos proving to friends that he’d been un- opportunity to experience working at a presentation skills as well, with projects spanning in the National Park Service and other derwater quickly blossomed into a way to promote nonprofit environmental organization. REEF Marine Protected Area eƒectiveness in the Indo- agencies in the American state and federal the conservation of these beautiful places. He loves is a grassroots, nonprofit organization of Paci c, the biology of karst water systems, and the governments. Specific work projects will to use his photos as a vehicle for teaching scienti c recreational divers dedicated to protecting parental behavior of sparrows. be determined based upon the interests information and instilling the same love for the and preserving the . Accepting the 2019 Our World-Underwater Scholarship of the intern as well as the needs of underwater world that he’s acquired. Outside duties include delivering environmental Society Dr. Jamie L. King Reef Environmental associated projects. The internship is Michael is beyond excited to be the 2019 Our presentations to local and visiting schools, Education Foundation (REEF) Marine Conservation based in Denver, Colorado, but it is World-Underwater Scholarship Society National universities, dive groups, and public forums; Internship is an exhilarating next step for Ben -- expected that the intern will travel to Park Service intern. His past dive experiences working with local marine conservation a chance to become a better communicator and projects within the continental United have made abundantly clear the necessity to entities; and conducting marine life surveys ambassador for the underwater world. Ben believes States and potentially overseas as part protect wild and special places, a vision that during local dives. Office duties include that ground-level support for environmental of this internship. Experiences could is shared by NPS. He is looking forward to handling memberships, recording marine initiatives is vital to concerted preservation of involve a specific project in a single park working alongside the Park Service to develop life survey data, answering e-mail, and delicate marine ecosystems. As an intern with or a larger project in multiple parks. skills that work toward pursuing and promoting interacting with the public. REEF, Ben is in the perfect position to contribute their shared vision. to this initiative.

22 23 Partners Officers & Directors

FOUNDING PARTNER Tabata Australia Rolex TUSA Undersea Hunter Group FOUNDING PATRON Waterproof Elvin W. D. Leech, MBE Stephanie F. Tate Karen Raubenheimer, Ph.D. Joseph B. MacInnis, M.D. Waterproof Expeditions Chairman VP – Internships Class of 2020 XDeep VP – European Operations Class of 2019 Sydney, Australia CORPORATE SPONSORS Class of 2021 2008 REEF Intern Animal Ocean ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS Belfast, N. Ireland Newport, Rhode Island Filip J. Wolski Marine Equipment Ltd American Academy of Underwater Sciences Class of 2021 AP Diving Beneath the Sea Steven M. Barnett, MBA Margaret M. Malkoski 2009 Rolex Scholar , Inc. Blue Venture President Secretary San Francisco, California Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo COARE Class of 2019 Marion, Massachusetts Beqa Adventure Divers Conservation International 1990 Rolex Scholar James A. Corry Bonnier Dive Group Coral Restoration Foundation Eugene, Oregon Martha L. Sanders Director Emeritus Cressi Dive Industry Association Treasurer Arlington, Virginia Disabled Divers International Diving Diseases Research Centre E. Jayne Jenkins Chicago, Illinois Divers Alert Network (DAN) Global Underwater Explorers VP – Australasian Glen H. Egstrom, Ph.D. Diving Unlimited International (DUI) Indiana University Operations Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. Director Emeritus Fourth Element Monaco Blue Initiative Class of 2021 Class of 2020 Los Angeles, California Halcyon Dive Systems National Geographic Sydney, Australia 2000 Rolex Scholar Hollis National Park Service Berkeley, California Betsey Riley Howard Painter & Co., Ltd. National Speleological Society – Section Robin MacFadden Parish Director Emeritus Light & Motion NAUI Worldwide VP – North American Vincent J. Malkoski Port Salerno, Florida Light Monkey NOAA Diving Center Operations Class of 2020 Lindblad Expeditions NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries Class of 2019 Marion, Massachusetts Roberta A. Flanders Mexico Liveaboards Ocean Exploration Trust 1976 Rolex Scholar Executive Administrator Nauticam Ocean Geographic Wheaton, Illinois Whitewater, Wisconsin Ocean Technology Systems PADI Oceanwide Expeditions Performance Freediving International Paralenz Pew Charitable Trusts Pascal Lecocq Reef Environmental Education Foundation Reef Photo & Video Richard Laurence Parish Foundation Shark Expeditions Scuba Diver Magazine Shark Bay Films, UK Smithsonian Institution Silent Diving TDI / SDI Silvertip Expeditions The Explorers Club SubGravity The Ocean Agency University of Tasmania

24 25 The Rolex Scholars

Mark V. Bensen (NA 1974) Patty Debenham (NA 1985) Jennifer Jeffers (NA 2001) Anthea Ibell Madill (AU 2011) Robert M. Adams (NA 1975) Patrick J. Kilbride (NA 1985) Joe R. Stevens (EU 2001) Megan Cook (NA 2012) Douglas C. Zinn (NA 1975) Alan C. Hilton (NA 1986) Stefanie Wells Misner (NA 2002) Oscar Svensson (EU 2012) Neal Shapiro (NA 1975) Norbert Wu (NA 1986) Richard E. Somerset (EU 2002) Yoland Bosiger (AU 2012) Pete Romano (NA 1975) Craig M. Lee (NA 1986) Kerry J. Nickols (NA 2003) Jeffrey B. Hester (NA 2013) Robin MacFadden Parish (NA 1976) Michael Topolovac (NA 1987) Jade Berman (EU 2003) Chloé Maréchal (EU 2013) Ronald L. Coley (NA 1976) Wesley R. Strong (NA 1987) Joseph C. Hoyt (NA 2004) Stefan M. Andrews (AU 2013) S. Ryan Taylor (NA 1976) Donna M. Schroeder (NA 1987) Phoebe Rudomino (EU 2004) Ana Sofía Guerra (NA 2014) S. Craig Cary (NA 1977) Karen Van Hoesen (NA 1988) Anna Watson Hanson (NA 2005) Elena Salim Haubold (EU 2014) Charles D. Wheatley (NA 1977) Beth Kneeland Pickett (NA 1988) Vibe Schourup-Kristensen (EU 2005) Courtney Anne Rayes (AU 2014) Richard Henry Salas (NA 1977) Gregory G. Shellenbarger (NA 1989) Michelle Fetzer (NA 2006) Michele A. Felberg (NA 2015) Stephen C. Earley (NA 1978) Jamie L. King (NA 1989) Delia Ní Chíobháin Enqvist (EU 2006) Daniel J. Copeland (EU 2015) Susan B. Schoen (NA 1979) Heather L. Dine (NA 1990) Brenna Mahoney Rudd (NA 2007) Benjamin L. Buchan (AU 2015) John McClelland (NA 1979) Steven M. Barnett (NA 1990) Igor Valente (EU 2007) Christopher K. Millbern (NA 2016) Charles R. Seaborn (NA 1979) Carol Enumi Lee (NA 1991) Mathew Kertesz (AU 2007) Felix Butschek (EU 2016) Stacey A. Tighe (NA 1980) Jessica F. Wheeler (NA 1991) Sterling J. Brisbin (NA 2008) Maya T. Santangelo (AU 2016) Valerie J. Paul (NA 1980) R. James Sibthorp (NA 1992) Eline J. Feenstra (EU 2008) Leah M. Potts (NA 2017) Theodore P. Janulis (NA 1981) Kenneth H. Broad (NA 1992) Steven Lindfield (AU 2008) Julie Johnson Prusak (NA 1982) Katharine P. Laing (NA 1993) Myfanwy Rowlands Johnston (NA 2009) Mae KL Dorricott (EU 2017) Benjamin L. Sheldon (NA 1982) Giovanni Catalano (NA 1994) Filip J. Wolski (EU 2009) Melinda Brown (AU 2017) Douglas E. Kesling (NA 1983) Giancarlo L. Cetrulo (NA 1995) Matthew J. Carter (AU 2009) Yann Herrera Fuchs (NA 2018) Jennifer A. DiLorenzo (NA 1983) Craig L. Nelson (NA 1996) Joshua Stewart (NA 2010) Èric Jordà Molina (EU 2018) Lisa Truitt (NA 1983) Sara Shoemaker Lind (NA 1997) Ingrid Rushfeldt Krüger-Stokke (EU 2010) Olivia J. Johnson (AU 2018) Jay C. Moreland (NA 1984) Kirsten A. Bassion (NA 1998) William Arlidge (AU 2010) Neha Acharya-Patel (NA 2019) Sally Craig Nigg (NA 1984) Julie S. Barber (NA 1999) Christian Clark ( NA 2011) Kim S. Hildebrandt (EU 2019) Adam B. Ravetch (NA 1985) Alison L. LaBonte (NA 2000) Erin McFadden ( EU 2011) Joanna N. Smart (AU 2019)

26 27 The Interns

BAIZAROVA, Martina CALVER, Tim HARMAN, Leah MAZILLE, Guillaume PAYNE, Katy SPILLMAN, Shannon European Young Underwater National Geographic Society Darling Marine Center 2000 European Young Underwater Sport Diver Magazine 2005 Sport Diver Magazine 2008 Photographer Award Ford Fellow 2002 Photographer Award 2003 HASAN, Elizabeth L. PECK, Patrick M. 2005 & 2006 SPLAIN, Ellen L. CALINI, Danielle AAUS 2019 McNALLY, Lucy REEF 2016 REEF 2013 BARCHUS, Sarah REEF 2009 Sport Diver Magazine 2006 PIERCY, Robert Bonnier Dive Group Media HELLMANN, Emily A. STRAW, Jessica CIPOLLA, Kyra Jean M. HydroOptix 2005 2013 Divers Alert Network 2018 MICHALIK, Courtney Darling Marine Center 2005 AAUS 2019 Bonnier Dive Group 2011 HENDRICKS, Lisa PRUTZMAN, Steve BASSION, Kirsten TATE, Stephanie F. COFFEY, Charles Mitigation Water Project MITCHELL, Catherine R. REEF 2004 REEF 1997 Divers Alert Network 2000 REEF 2008 Dubuque IA 1995 AAUS 2015 PUGSLEY, Andrew BEECHAM, Dan CODALBU, Andrew European Young Underwater TEPPER, Joseph European Young Underwater HOWELL, Ruth MOBLEY, Kenyon Sport Diver Magazine 2004 Darling Marine Center 2001 NURC 1997 Photographer Award 2002 European Young Photographer Photographer Award 2004 Award 2011 COTTON, James SAWICKI, Erika L. BENNETT, Andrew HOBAN, Mykle L. MOORE, Rebekah Divers Alert Network 2010 AAUS 2017 THOMPSON, Scott Blackbeard’s Cruises 2008 AAUS 2010 REEF 1996 COX, Schyler Divers Alert Network 2002 JAFFEE, Adam MULLANEY, Claire B. SCHEM, Jessica BENSON, Bridget Bonnier Dive Group Media 2014 REEF 2014 U.S. Navy 2006 NURC 2001 REEF 2017 THOMSON, Annie DIAS, Abigail S. SCHRAMM, Aurora AAUS 2012 JOSEPH, Mariclaire MULLENS, Abigail Smigel BILLUPS, Brianne Divers Alert Network 2019 Aquarena 2010 National Park Service 2010 Divers Alert Network 2012 Rodale Magazine 2001 TYMON, Teresa FARMER, Benjamin H. SHAGREN, Chad KITTREL, Casey MYERS, Robert A. AAUS 2013 BLINICK, Naomi S. REEF 2019 Sport Diver Magazine 2010 National Park Service 2011 Man-In-The-Sea 1997 Bonnier Dive Group 2015 VATLAND, Sarah FARRELL, Shane P. SHILLING, Eric KOCHERGINA, Anna MYHR, Molly Darling Marine Center 2002 BLOCK, Lena B. AAUS 2018 Lake Michigan European Young Underwater REEF 2001 AAUS 2018 Biological Station 2000 WALKER, Jenna M. FOOTE, Elizabeth Photographer Award 2008 NESS, Jeremiah AAUS 2011 BODENSTEIN, Dan NURC 1998 SHOELSON, Adam KRZYSTAN, Andrea Aquarena 2007 U.S. Navy 2007 Divers Alert Network 2008 WATT, Alison FUNDAKOWSKI, Garrett J. Divers Alert Network 2006 BONE, David National Park Service 2016 NEWCOMER, Katherine A. SIFRIT, Allie D. Monterey Bay Aquarium 2012 LANE, Claire E. Kitchin AAUS 2014 Aquarena 2008 GHANI, Aiyesha AAUS 2016 REEF 2011 WHITE, Allison BOWIE, Jacqueline REEF 2006 NIELSON, Alec B. SKERRY, Brian NURC 1999 REEF 2005 LANGHANS, Michael R. Bonnier Dive Group Media National Geographic Society GIBEILY, Christopher WHITE, Timothy D. U. S. Navy 2008 National Park Service 2019 2012 Ford Fellow 2001 BROGAN, Kate National Park Service 2012 Blackbeard’s Cruises 2009 GRAY, Jeff LEVINE, Ari NOONAN, Ronnie A. SLAUGHTER, Sally NURC 1996 Darling Marine Center 1998 REEF 2018 Darling Marine Center 2003 WILLIAMS, Kristine BROWN, Shannon D. Divers Alert Network 2003 National Park Service 2018 HACK, Nicole LEV Y, Jessica NUTTAL, Marissa SMALLEY-NORMAN, Yasmeen REEF 2012 REEF 2007 National Park Service 2014 WOLFE, Ronald BRUNTON, Chase A. COARE 2014 Lake Michigan Bonnier Dive Group Media HAJDUCZEK, Barbara LYONS, Jennie Noll OLENYCH, Noah SMITH, Melissa J. Biological Station 1995 2017 REEF 2002 U.S. Navy 2004 Mitigation Water Project 1995 Bonnier Dive Group 2016 BURKHEAD-WEINER, Davita HALL, Kara B. MASON, Julia ORR, Andrew SNOW, Ryan WOLFE, Shaun S. REEF 2003 REEF 2015 National Park Service 2013 Aquarena 2004 NURC 2000 National Park Service 2017 BURFEIND, Dana HARDY, Steve MAXWELL, Henry PATRYLAK, Ryan SPECTOR, Michael H. “Pike” ZEIGLER, Erin Divers Alert Network 2001 Divers Alert Network 2004 Divers Alert Network 2005 Divers Alert Network 2009 National Park Service 2015 Divers Alert Network 2007

28 29 Committees

CORPORATE COMMITTEES INTERNSHIP COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Matias Nochetto, MD Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA Aengus B. Moran BY-LAWS COMMITTEE Stephanie F. Tate, Chair Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. Project Specialist UK Coordinator Social Media Steven M. Barnett, Chair VP – Internships Co-Chair, Coordination (Hyperbaric Medicine, European Accountant Sydney, NSW, Australia Latin Diving Community Eugene, Oregon Newport, Rhode Island Worcester, England Kerry J. Nickols, Ph.D. Durham, North Carolina Karen Raubenheimer, Ph.D. Susan C. Crowe Co-Chair, Selection James R. Standing Sydney, NSW, Australia Naomi S. Blinick Capt. Spencer Slate European Coordinator Port Macquarie, NSW, NPS Internship Coordinator Florida Regional Coordinator North America Helston, Cornwall, England Australia Key Largo, Florida Walla Walla, Washington Robin MacFadden Parish WEBSITE COMMITTEE Stephanie F. Tate VP, North American Joe Rees Stevens Roberta A. Flanders Joshua Stewart Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA Newport, Rhode Island Operations Project Specialist Bristol, Somerset, England Whitewater, Wisconsin Chair Wheaton, Illinois (Conservation) NOMINATING COMMITTEE Worcester, England La Jolla, California Australasia Robin MacFadden Parish, Chair Mykle L. Hoban Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. E. Jayne Jenkins Megan Cook Wheaton, Illinois Honolulu, Hawaii Co-Chair, Coordination Robert L. Straight VP, Australasian Operations Database Trainer Berkeley, California Gulf Coast Regional E. Jayne Jenkins Katherine A. Newcomer Sydney, NSW, Australia Friday Harbor, Washington Kerry J. Nickols, Ph.D. Coordinator Sydney, NSW, Australia AAUS Internship Coordinator Liam Allen Co-Chair, Selection Bellaire, Texas Susan C. Crowe, Edgewater, Maryland Selection Vincent J. Malkoski Sherman Oaks, California Webmaster Europe Sydney, NSW, Australia Marion, Massachusetts Dana L. Polites Julie S. Barber, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia Elvin W. D. Leech, MBE Northwest Regional Stefan M. Andrews STRATEGIC PLANNING West Melbourne, Florida VP, European Operations Robert Day Coordinator – USA, South Australasian COMMITTEE Belfast, N. Ireland Database Developer Debra M. Richardson Selection Assistant Coordinator Vincent J. Malkoski, Chair Berkeley, California Plainfield, Illinois Anacortes, Washington Jade Berman, Ph.D. Adelaide, SA, Australia Marion, Massachusetts John deBoeck Assistant Coordinator Ana S. Guerra Martha L. Sanders Susan C. Crowe Karen Raubenheimer, Ph.D. Northwest Regional Hillsborough, Co. Down, Goleta, California Chicago, Illinois Australasian Coordinator Sydney, Australia Coordinator – Canada N. Ireland Port Hardy, British Columbia Port Macquarie, NSW, Anna Watson Hanson Yasmeen N. Smalley-Norman Filip J. Wolski Delia Ní Chíobháin Enqvist Australia Saunderstown, Rhode Island San Francisco, California Oakland, California Patrix Heschel European Co-coordinator, Great Lakes Regional Selection Mathew Kertesz Karl E. Huggins Melissa J. Smith OPERATING COMMITTEES Coordinator Gothenburg, Sweden Pacific Coordinator Avalon, California ALUMNI COMMITTEE DAN Internship Coordinator Oak Harbor, Ohio Canberra, ACT, Australia Lars Stenholt Kirkegaard Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. Michele A. Felberg, Chair Orlando, Florida Karl E. Huggins Scandinavian Coordinator Cpt. Colin L. Kesteven Vicksburg, Mississippi Channel Islands Regional Berkeley, California Ellen L. Splain Roberts Abyhøj, Denmark Project Specialist Coordinator Sydney, NSW, Australia Anthea Ibell Madill All Rolex Scholars and Interns REEF Internship Coordinator Project Specialist Carol Ann Leech Internship Blog Manager Key Largo, Florida (Hyperbaric Medicine) Gina Lednyak FINANCE AND European Executive Christchurch, New Zealand AUDIT COMMITTEE Avalon, California Selection Jenna M. Walker Administrator Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA, Chair Sara Shoemaker Lind Belfast, N. Ireland Sydney, NSW, Australia Aengus B. Moran Lead Internship Coordinator Worcester, England California Regional Coordinator Scholarship Blog Manager Renè Lipmann Steven Lindfield Newport, Oregon La Jolla, California Sydney, NSW, Australia Michael N. Emmerman, Benelux Coordinator Western Pacific Coordinator BCFE FACFEI Timothy D. White Vincent J. and Breda, Netherlands Palau, Micronesia Karen Raubenheimer, Ph.D. New York, New York Monterey, California Margaret M. Malkoski Sydney, NSW, Australia Northeast Regional Kelvin Murray Peter Mesley Martha L. Sanders George W. Wozencraft Coordinators Polar Coordinator New Zealand Coordinator Stephanie F. Tate Chicago, Illinois Houston, Texas Marion, Massachusetts Edinburgh, Scotland Auckland, New Zealand Newport, Rhode Island

30 31 and Volunteers OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY ®

“After this amazing year I am convinced about the power of imagery and illustration as a means to convey to Michael Boo the general public the amazing wonders of the Executive Correspondence submarine world and the Chesterton, Indiana excitement of underwater research. Spending hours Michael N. Emmerman & together with first class photographers Patricia A. Stockhausen has provided me with invaluable artistic skills New York Event Coordinators that I will certainly apply New York, New York to my professional future in the underwater field.” Joseph C. Hoyt © ALEX MUSTARD Maritime Archaeology Advisor ÈRIC JORDÀ MOLINA Norfolk, Virginia Amy E. Malkoski Media Assistant Marion, Massachusetts Kimberly M. Malkoski Special Asst. to President

Boston, Massachusetts “I will carry this year, the experiences I have had, Craig L. Nelson, MD and the people I have met with me for the rest of Medical Consultant my life. This truly is Raleigh, North Carolina a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that cannot be found anywhere else, Peter Lightowler certainly shaping my out- Videography look on life, and I expect my future” Sydney, NSW, Australia © JAYNE JENKINS OLIVIA J. JOHNSON Richard E. Somerset Diver Training and Education Advisor Bristol, England Maureen B. Sweeney Project Specialist Chicago, Illinois

“I don’t know anyone who has put their head underwater and hasn’t been astonished by what’s underneath. Perhaps the world would be a better place if all of our politi- Whip corals cians knew how to dive…” © OLIVIA JOhnson © DYLAN SILVER YANN HERRERA FUCHS

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