| Sharon P. Wilder | The first secretary and fort-holder |
| JoAnn Hanson | The second secretary - who gave us some style |
| Lilian Guttinger | The third secretary - who worked long and hard in the good times and bad |
| Richard Seeger | Who to this day still insists he dove with the sharks more than I did |
| Don Armstrong | My mainstay during the seismic years |
| Nelson Edwards | Captain/owner of the scout boat "Explorer" in the Philippines |
| Paul Mairesse | Who dealt with the abos in Australia and the natives on Sumatra |
| Roger Zaunere | Mr. "Can Do" in Egypt, Australia, and Lake Superior, and the 1982 SEG |
| Al Bieber | Managed our mine-clearing project in the Gulf of Suez |
| Dave Kline | Who was with me in Port Said, the minefield, Lake Superior and Apalachicola Bay. |
| Captain Kenneth MacDonald | The Lake Superior savior, and the Mobile Bay chief surveyor |
| Jon Baker and Ed Giblin | True professionals in the art of hydrography |
| Jon Warren | Data processing manager |
| Roger Carver | The indefatigable |
| Earl Van Reenan | Ever present, ever ready |
| Tony Stevenson | Our good friend who we sorely miss |
| Bruce Francis | Helped out in Apalachicola Bay. |
| Carter Ellis and Steve Fordenbacker | Divers and Adventurers I met in St. Thomas |
| Carl Claussen | Our archeologist on our searches for Spanish Gold |
| Bob Chegwin | Supervised a Gulf Oil survey in the G. of Mexico |
| Bernie Care | Worked for us in off Sicily, Greece, and Florida |
| Allen Bertagne | Supervised a heliportable job in the Spanish Pyrenees |
| Steve Seaman | Captain of Port Everglade's Jester - world's greatest fisherman |
| Ron Rainbow | Put in long, hard hours on a difficult job |
| John Lucy | Our "explosive" EOD master diver |
| Jim Cain | Helped out in Mobile Bay |
| Frank Bullock | The vibracoring wizard |
| Don Baily | Mr. reliable |
Oceanography and Geophysics in Florida