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Born
Sylvia Earle was born in Gibbstown New Jersey. -
Married
Sylvia was married to John Taylor from 1957-1966. -
Second marriage
Sylvia was married to Giles Mead from 1967-1976. -
Participated in the Tekite Project
While Sylvia particapated in the Tekite Project, she also led the first team of women aquannauts during this event. -
Setting a record
Sylvia made an open-ocean dive near the coast of Oahu. She set a record while doing this. -
Served on NACOA
Sylvia served for the NACOA (National Advisory Committe on Ocean and Atomosphere) from 1980-1984. -
Found the Deep Ocean Engineering
Sylvia and her husband found this program together in order to design and operate on robotic sub sea systems. -
Third marriage
Sylvia was married to Graham Hawkes from 1986-1990. -
Took leave of absence
Sylvia took off of research in order to serve as chief scientist of the National Oceanographic. -
Founded DOER Marine
Sylvia found the Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Marine and brought it to more advanced Marine engeniering. -
Led a Sustainable Seas Expedition
The Sustainable Seas Expedition is a five year program to study the USNMS. (United States National Marine Sanctuary) The USNMS was sponsered by the NGS. (National Geographic Society) -
Received an honorary doctorcate
Sylvia recieved this award from Smith Collage. -
Colead the NOAA's
Sylvia colead an expedition. This expedetion was located off Key Largo, Florida.
