JEHLE, Charles
USA (1924-2005)
Last updated: June 20, 2017 at 15:53 pm
Pioneer in the design and manufacture of buoyancy compensators; co-founder of DEMA; founder of SeaQuest (retired in 1983); served in the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II.
Honours and Awards:
DEMA Hall of Fame (2002)
Website(s):
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Jeffrey Gallant is the Editor-in-Chief and Records Keeper of the Diving Almanac. He is also a contributing editor of DIVER Magazine, and the scientific director of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG). Jeffrey started diving in 1982.