Cathy Church

Catherine "Cathy" Church (born 1945) is an American marine biologist, diver, photographer and educator.

She received a BSc in biology from the University of Michigan, where she also learned to scuba dive. She studied marine biology at Hopkins Marine Station in California. She received an MSc in marine biology from the University of Hawaii.[1]

She did not pursue a career in science but instead went on to teach school and pursue underwater photography. She developed photography courses which were offered through the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools (NASDS). Church has published four books on underwater photography and contributed articles to various magazines. For fifteen years, she was photo editor for Skin Diver Magazine. She has done photography for various clients, including Kodak, Nikon, the United States Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.[1][2]

She married Jim Church, also a scuba diver.[1]

Church received a NOGI Award in 1985 and the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association's Reaching Out Award in 2000. She was named to the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2000 and to the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cathy Church". International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.
  2. 1 2 "Church, Cathy, MSc". Diving Almanac.
  • "Cathy Church's Photo Center".
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