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Dr. Lee H. Somers

5/18/2020

 
  • Was an Eagle Scout
  • Worked as a commercial hard-hat diver in Florida
  • Earned a Master’s degree in Geology from the University of Illinois.
  • Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Michigan.
  • He was also University of Michigan faculty for 30 years, teaching oceanography, scuba diving and diving technology, while serving as the university’s Diving Safety Officer.
  • Sea Grant’s lead researcher for Lake Lab (1970 in Grand Traverse Bay)
  • Authored the Research Diver’s Manual
  • He also worked with Dr. Martin Nemiroff (University of Michigan pulmonary specialist and diving medicine expert) on the famous cold water near-drowning research and outreach Michigan Sea Grant spearheaded during the late 1970s.
  • AAUS Obit
  • Founder and first president of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
  • A founding director and Director Emeritus of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society

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