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Andreas "Andy"
Rechnitzer
Legendary diver proponent of Trieste Project: Nov. 30,
1924 -
Aug. 22, 2005
Dr. Andreas "Andy" Rechnitzer was a visionary in diving with
many credits, including a record dive in 1960 of 35,800 feet
to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. He died at the age of
80 as a friend and legend in diving. Among his
accomplishments:
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35,800-foot dive in 1960 to
the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the bathyscaph Trieste off the coast of
Guam
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18,500-foot record dive in
1959 to gather scientific data on the transmission of man-made sounds.
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Joined Trieste colleagues
for the Presidential Distinguished Citizen Service award from President
Eisenhower.
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Member of the Naval Ocean Systems Center,
transitioned from the Naval Electronics Laboratory's Deep Submergence
Research Program.
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Dr. Rechnitzer was
co-developer of the first scuba-diver training program for ocean scientists.
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Co-author of "Diving
Training and Field Procedures Syllabus."
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In 1990, Dr. Rechnitzer
helped Edward C.
Cargile, an author and ocean-diving historian, produce "The Deepest Dive"
for the History Channel. The story was about the Trieste.
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Helped discover the Monitor,
in 1974. The Civil War era ironclad ship sunk in 1862 off Hampton Roads,
Virginia.
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Was founding president of
the Orange County Marine Institute at Dana Point.
Survivors include his wife,
Alice; daughter, Andrea Fry of Spring Valley; sons, David Rechnitzer of
Fullerton, Martin Rechnitzer of Burleson, Texas, and Michael Rechnitzer of El
Cajon; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A memorial service was held
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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