:: The 2012 NOGI Awardees!
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Nick Caloyianis (Arts)
After graduating with a degree in Zoology from the University of Maryland in 1973, Nick began his Post-graduate work with Eugenie Clark, Ph.D.. In 1974 he was awarded his first grant to study and film “sleeping” shark behavior with Eugenie off Isla Mujeres, Mexico. There, he worked with, and was mentored by Ramon Bravo, who taught Nick the fundamentals of life underwater. It was here he learned how to film wild pelagic sharks for Hollywood without injury to humans or sharks. These experiences would later inspire Nick in his career as an extraordinary underwater filmmaker........MORE |
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Mike deGruy (Distinguished Service)
Mike deGruy had a lifelong interest in all things ocean, a BS and 3 years of Graduate School in Marine Biology, followed by making films in the ocean for over 35 years.
He was a dynamic force exposing and espousing the wonders of the sea. His enthusiasm fired up audiences around the globe and his film work thrilled everyone who was lucky to watch.
He was an award winning filmmaker, writer, producer, director of photography and television host with over thirty prestigious awards including three EMMYs. The list of his work is very long but it does not do justice to the enthusiasm that inspired, excited and motivated everyone that he interacted with. ....... MORE |
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Phillip S. Lobel, PhD (Science)
Dr. Phillip Lobel (PhD, Biology, Harvard University, 1979) is an Ichthyologist and Professor of Biology in the Boston University Marine Program.
Phil learned to scuba dive from his father in Lake Erie, Ohio at age 12 in 1965. He started as a volunteer at the Cleveland Aquarium at age 14 where he met scientists who took him scuba diving to collect fishes and sharks in the Florida Keys during summers. This is when he really knew he wanted to be a marine biologist. At age 17, he traveled by himself into the Amazon jungle for six weeks where he met an old Amazonian Indian and the two of them canoed the jungles looking for fishes to collect....... MORE |
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Ed Stetson (Sports/Education)
Ed Stetson was 1 of 9 children and raised in Southern California. He made his first surface supplied diving system at age 8 using a manual bilge pump, garden hose and Voit mask with a hole in the faceplate (where the purge valve fell out). His uncle, Cliff Cameron, was a commercial heavy gear abalone diver in Morro Bay. He taught his brother Dan how to use scuba in his pool. Ed saw Dan swimming at the bottom of the pool and immediately knew that some day, he would become a diver. He learned to dive and has not stopped since. He has taught dive classes for 32 years at UCSB.
In 1985, Ed became a licensed captain with the United States Coast Guard and works for the Harbor Patrol. He has been named the California Boating Safety Officer of the Year twice. For over 25 years, Ed has volunteered at the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center, and has traveled extensively training others how to capture and care for distressed marine mammals. ...... MORE |
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