Dick Rutkowski

• Rutkowski joined the US government service in 1950 as a government civilian and served during the Korean War until 1970 when NOAA was established.
  
• He worked at NOAA from 1970 until 1985 as Deputy Diving Coordinator, Director of the NOAA Miami Hyperbaric Facility and Director of NOAA Diver Training.
  
• Rutkowski is a NOAA aquanaut, having undergone saturation many times
  
• In 1985, Rutkowski began the introduction and popularization of nitrox use within the recreational diving community.
  
• Rutkowski founded several organizations to focus on diver training and safety including American Nitrox Divers International (ANDI), the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD), and the Undersea Research Foundation (URF).
  
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