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Robert I. Wicklund

Robert “Bob” Wicklund is a true undersea pioneer. His amazing career (over 50 years) included many “firsts.” As director and co-founder of the Hydro-Lab Undersea Research Program (1971–75), Bob’s team saturated 343 scientists and policymakers, enabling them to live and work on the bottom of the ocean. His seven years with the U.S. Senate working on legislation for diving science and ocean protection included the building of the Aquarius undersea laboratory.

Bob was co-founder and executive director of the Caribbean Marine Research Center in the Bahamas (1984–95), which conducted thousands of scientific dives every year. He also held the directorship of the National Undersea Research Program in the Caribbean, and later the Southeast and Gulf ...more