In Loving Memory / 06/04/1949 ~ 06/24/2014

Diving Credentials: PADI Course Director (Instructor Trainer), EFR Instructor Trainer, and PADI IE Examiner

MARK CELEBRATED HIS 35 YEAR PADI MEMBERSHIP AWARD "I have been a PADI member for 35 years. I've enjoyed training SCUBA divers, and SCUBA Instructors with PADI since 1977."

Specialty Instructor Trainer for: PADI - Boat, Deep, Dry Suit Diver, Equipment Specialist, Underwater Navigation, Night Diver, Wreck, Enriched Air, Drift Diving, Project Aware Instructor, Aware Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery Diver, Digital Underwater Photography, Emergency Oxygen Provider, Kelp Diver. Emergency First Response-Instructor, CPR, First Aid, AED (Adult), CPR, First Aid, AED (Child),

"Real Job": None, training PADI Instructors, 100 ton Coast Guard certification, with more than 2,500 PADI certifications for instructor and divers. 25 years experience training dive Instructor with 5000 dives.

Personal Passions: Training dive Instructors, and wreck diving

Non-Diving Activities: writing books, and investigating dive accidents for San Diego County

Favorite Food: Italian and Mexican Food

Favorite Dive Location: Aircraft carrier Oriskany, and ALL warm water locations

Dive Bucket List: ONE - A scooter trip down the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany