Ten Outstanding Women Honored at Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo

(Dive Travel Business News - March 23, 2011) --- Dedicated to recognizing and honoring the contributions of women divers, the Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF)  is an international, non-profit, professional honor society whose member contributions span a wide variety of fields including: The Arts, Science, Medicine, Exploration & Technology, Marine Archeology, Business, Media, Training & Education, Safety, Commercial & Military Diving, Free Diving, and Underwater Sports.

The Women Divers hall of Fame recently announced the selection of ten new Members who will be inducted into the Hall at the Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo Awards Banquet at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in Secaucus, New Jersey on Saturday March 26, 2011 ().  These outstanding professionals will constitute the WDHOF Class of 2011:

• Sally E. Bauer, MD: physician, historian, speaker, writer, marine researcher, President and co-founder
of the History of Diving Museum
• Gina Bier: police detective, police diver, NAUI instructor trainer
• Christine Rooney Bird, MD: physician, television series producer, Founder, Ocean Research Group, Inc.
• Céline Cousteau: filmmaker, international adventurer, enviro advocate, speaker, Founder of CauseCentric
Productions and Executive Director of Ocean Inspiration
• Anna DeLoach: computer expert, researcher, publisher, videographer, magazine editor
• Karen Straus: diving pioneer, instructor, journalist, photographer/videographer
• Maureen Langevin: diving instructor, tech diver, boat captain, videographer, expedition leader
• Michele Westmorland: visual artist, nature photographer/instructor, expedition leader
• Deborah Whitcraft: maritime historian, writer and speaker; President and Curator of the
New Jersey Maritime Museum
• Cristina Zenato: ocean consehttp://www.divetravelbusinessnews.com/node/add/articlervationist, diving instructor, cave explorer

Biographies of these women can be found at the Women Divers Hall of Fame website. Details on how to nominate an outstanding dive professional who has contributed to diving on a national or international level are found at WDHOF.org.

A 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2000, WDHOF’s mission is to recognize the contributions of outstanding women divers and to offer financial and mentorship assistance to women and men interested in pursuing diving careers. As such, WDHOF offers 13 scholarships and training grants a year. More information about the WDHOF scholarship program can be found at the Hall's Scholarships section at the WDHOF website. 

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