(deceased)Founder and Executive Director of Beneath The Sea; founded The Scuba Sport Rites Club in 1975; co-founded OceanPals with his wife JoAnn; co-founded Women Divers Hall of Fame; auxiliary Board Member of the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences; aka Zig. Honors & Awards: International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (2012); NOGI, Sports & Education, 2004; DEMA Reaching Out Award, 2018.