Robert G. Williscroft

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name = Robert G. Williscroft


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birthdate = Summer 1942
birthplace = Montana, USA
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occupation = Non-Fiction author
nationality = American
period = 1984-present
subject = SCUBA Diving, Science
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website = http://argee.net

Dr. Robert Grover Williscroft (born in Montana in 1942) is an American author. A former US Navy officer, Williscroft completed the US Navy's diving school and has written several books on SCUBA diving and current events.

Early life

Williscroft's family moved to Basel, Switzerland, in 1950, and to Stuttgart, Germany, in late 1951. He graduated from Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1959 and returned to the United States in 1961. He received his B.Sc. in oceanography and meteorology from the University of Washington in 1969, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Engineering from California Coast University in 1981 and 1983, respectively.

Naval career

Williscroft spent 23 years in the Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). His duties included marine engineering and salvage; intelligence; marine electronics; engineering research in hyperbarics, sub sea, and diving technology; submarine launched and underwater weapon systems; submarine launched and underwater hyperbaric systems; and oceanographic, atmospheric, and polar research. Williscroft programmed nuclear weapon delivery systems and developmed and implementated sophisticated databases for atmospheric research at the Geographic South Pole.

He attended the 48 week Navy School of Diving and Salvage, and then the Navy Saturation Diving School. He served on both catamaran mother vessels for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle and the associated saturation diving systems, and as Officer in Charge of the Navy Saturation Diving School. He became the NOAA diving coordinator for the Pacific Coast, then the Atlantic Coast, and then for the entire Pacific rim. The NOAA Diving Office published and distributed his doctoral dissertation. He is a certified instructor for the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), and has developed courses on the science of advanced diving, the first NAUI drysuit course, and advanced curricula for mixed gas and other specialized diving modes. For two years he also taught advanced diving techniques to the Seattle police force.

Retirement

After he retired from the military in 1985, he served as CEO of the largest independent editorial service in the United States. During this time he also founded a related publishing company, Romar Books. Following the sale of the publishing firm, he shut down the remaining operation in order to serve as Chief Staff Officer for a consortium of five marine industry related firms in San Diego. In 1994 he resigned the San Diego position and moved to Philadelphia. While there he focused on writing, real estate, and the stock market. Following his return to California in 1997, he joined the Los Angeles branch of the brokerage firm Morgan Stanley as a Series 7 registered stockbroker. Since 1998 he has been dividing his time between the stock market, real estate activities, and writing.

Publications

*"A Method for Protecting Scuba Divers from the Hazards of Contaminated Water" (doctoral dissertation) NDO, 1983.
*"Basic PIT Diver" ASIN B00071E66Q Evergreen Press, 1984
*"Advanced PIT Diver" ASIN B00071E670 Evergreen Press, 1985.
*"You Can Dive" Press-Enterprise, Inc., 1985
*"Chicken Little Agenda: Debunking "Experts'" Lies" ISBN 1589803523 Pelican Publishing, 2006

External links

* [http://argee.net Official Website]
* [http://thedeadhand.com Official Blog]