THE ACADEMY OF UNDERWATER ARTS AND SCIENCES
ANNOUNCES THE ZALE PARRY SCHOLARSHIP
The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS) announced The Zale Parry Scholarship at the NOGI Awards Banquet in Las Vegas in October. Zale Parry herself made the presentation of this new scholarship in her name that will award $1500 per Recipient and a $500 voucher towards travel expenses to the Scholarship Presentation Ceremony. The Zale Parry Scholarship will be administered by The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences.
Purpose of The Zale Parry Scholarship: To offer financial support to individuals seeking to advance their knowledge or to enter professional careers in any of the following fields:
Ocean exploration -- Diving equipment technology --Hyperbaric research -- Marine conservation
Background of The Zale Parry Scholarship: Zale Parry is an internationally renowned pioneer of the early days of skin and scuba diving. As early as the 1950’s, Parry was an underwater equipment tester and (the only woman) executive at Scientific Underwater Research Enterprises (SURE), founded by her husband, Parry Bivens, M.D., who designed and built hyperbaric chambers. In 1954, Parry set a woman’s deep diving record at 209 ft/64 meters in the open sea as part of an experiment to test the Hope-Page non-return valve mouthpiece, which became a standard feature in all regulators from that day forward. Zale was the third female instructor to graduate from the L.A. County UICC program and served for many years as a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Zale Parry continues to lecture at venues around the United States, and she is writing a four-volume book, Scuba America: The Human History of the Sport of Diving, to record and preserve the annals of diving. Zale Parry is a NOGI Fellow and the Ambassador at Large for the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS, Inc.), and as such, has chosen AUAS to administer this scholarship in her name. By creating the Zale Parry Scholarship, Zale hopes to encourage others to carry on her legacy of ocean exploration, dive equipment technology, hyperbaric research and marine conservation.
Scholarship Amount: $1500 per Recipient and a $500 voucher towards travel expenses to the Scholarship Presentation Ceremony
Selection Criteria: Based on merit and financial need
Candidate Requirements for The Zale Parry Scholarship:
Must be of college age or older
May be male or female
Must be a certified diver
Must be a citizen of North America
Must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or university
Application information: Anyone may nominate one or more qualified candidates for The Zale Parry scholarship. Qualified candidates may also apply themselves. For an application, log on to the AUAS website, www.auas-nogi.org, and click the Zale Parry Application selection.
Deadline for The Zale Parry Scholarship applications: Applications for The Zale Parry Scholarship must be received no later than July 31, 2006.
For more information about Zale Parry and The Zale Parry Scholarship, log on to: www.auas-nogi.org .
Cheers,
Rick
Edited by Hipshot, 24 November 2005 - 10:53 AM.
