Beneath the Sea’s Divers of the Year Honoring Lifetime Achievement to the dive community in Science, Arts, and Service.
David Albrecht, Arts 1997 Leslie Leaney, Service 2004 Dick Anderson, Arts 2004 Nita Loewy, Environment 1995 Paul Auerbach, Science 2008 Dick Long, Service 1995 Michael Aw, arts 2012 Richard A. Lutz, PhD. Science 2016 Robert Bachand, Service 1988 Sir Robert Marx, Lifetime Achievement 2000 Terry Backer, Environment 1991 John McAniff, Service 1990 Laurent Ballesta, Arts 2017 Guy Molinari, Service 1987 Dr. Robert Ballard, Science 1986 Tom Mount, Education 2003 Wendy Benchley, Environmentalism 2016 Roy Myers, Science 1984 Dan Berg, Arts 1994 Pete Nawrocky, Arts 1993 Edward Betts, Education 2009 Phil Nuytten, Science 2003 Jonathan Bird, Arts 2019 Dan Orr, Education 2002 Leandro Blanco, Arts 2004 Joe Pakan, Service 1991 The Boston Sea Rovers, Education 2005 Zale Parry, Arts 2002 The Blue Planet, Arts 2003 Alese & Morton Pechter, Arts 2008 Margaret Bowen, Service 2000 Margo Peyton, Education 2019 Jeffrey Bozanic, Science 2018 Albert Pierce, Education 1984 Lloyd Bridges, Lifetime Achievement 1996 Arnold Post, Pioneer 1992 Ernest Brooks II, Arts 1998 Drew Richardson, PhD., Service 2016 Dr. Alex Brylske, Education 2011 Carl Roessler, Service 2013 George Buckley, Education 2014 Carol Rose, Service 1998 Steve Burke, Service 2006 Keith Sahm, Service 2015 David Burroughs, Service 2018 Rick Sammon, Arts 1996 Glenn Butler, Science 2007 Ty Sawyer, Education 2010 James Caldwell, Service 2008 Frank Scalli , Service 1986 James Cameron, Arts 2006 Dee Scarr, Environment 1996 Bernie Campoli, Service 2017 Barbara Scholley, Service 2012 Scott Carpenter, Science 1997 Herb Segars, Arts 1990 John Chatterton & Richie Kohlar, Education 2005 Lee Selisky, Service 2009 Bernie Chowdhury, Education 2001 Wes Skiles, Education 1996 Cathy Church, Arts 2010 Greg Skomal, Science 2017 Dr. Richard Cooper, Science 2011 Stewart W. Snyder III, Service 2009 Paul Cornell, Service 2010 Mark Stanton, Arts 1994 Clive Cussler, Arts 2013 Joe Stella, Service 2013 Fabien Cousteau, Science 2015 Lance Stewart, Science 1990 Jean- Michel Cousteau, Environment Ed Stolzenberg, Service 1995 David Doubilet, Arts 2001 Charles Stratton, Science 1989 Jack & Sue Drafahl, Arts 1996 Ron & Valerie Taylor, Arts 2007 Glen H. Egstrom, Education 2009 Ray Tucker Jr, Service 1992 Richard Ellis, Arts 2005 Bonnie Toth, Service 2014 Michael Emmerman, Education 1991 Underwater Society of America, Service 1987 Bill Evans, Service 2011 Richard Vann, Science 2007 Bob Evans, Science 2007 Hillary Viders, Environment 1997 Frank Fennell, Service 1993 Lee Ward, Service 1983 John C. Fine, Science Stan Waterman, Arts 1987 Rodney Fox, Arts 2007 Hal Watts, Education1996 Stephen Frink, Arts 2013 Kathy Weydig, Science 2019 Jack Fullmer, Education 1989 Ralph White, Science 1998 Lynn Funkhouser, Arts 2014 Wyland, Arts 2004 Andre Galerne, Pioneer 1985 Andrea Zaferes, Education 1992 Michel Gilbert & Danielle Alari, Arts Joseph Zarzynski, Education 1997 Martha Watkins Gilkes, Environmental 2011 Bill Ziefle, Education 2016 Bret Gilliam, Education 2004 Richard Zielinski, Service 1984 Peter Gimbel, Pioneer 1982 Armand Zigahn, Service 2010 Tod Gipstein, Arts 1997 Howard and Michele Hall, Arts 2011 Bill Hamilton, Science 1993 Bill Hammond, Service 1986 Steve Hardick, Education 1990 Guy Harvey, Arts 2006 Wayne Hasson, Environment 2000 Jill Heinerth, Education 2018 Walter Hendrick Sr, Education 1988 Walter Hendrick III, Education 1985 Peter Hess, Service 2012 Bunky Hodge, Education 1986 Peter Hughes, Environment 2000 Maria Hults, Education 2012 Tom Ingram, Education 2015 Ray Jahr, Service 1989 Ted Janulis, Arts 1994 Paula Jerman, Service 2001 A. Jose Jones, Education 2009 Emory Kristof, Science 1988 Chris Lambertson, Lifetime Achievement 1999