"I am humbled and gratified to receive this recognition for the NUMA Web site and the work that we do," Cussler stated. "Throughout my career I have tried to work with educators to help students learn to love research and the written word. To receive this recognition for our Web site is truly gratifying. I must thank Jim Meyer for his work keeping the site updated and our Graphic Designer, Wayne Lanford, for recreating the NUMA logo."

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Internationally acclaimed as the Grand Master of the American action/adventure novel best-selling author Cussler, who earned his Doctor of Letters from the Maritime College, State University of New York for his first non-fiction, THE SEA HUNTERS, is active in NUMA research. When not writing one of his 17 best-selling novels or his sole non- fiction, Sea Hunters, Cussler devotes his time to the preservation of Maritime history. He is founder and Chairman of the Board of NUMA (the National Underwater & Marine Agency) a 501C3 Agency with affiliates in Australia and South Africa. NUMA is responsible for finding more than 80 missing ships and planes throughout the world.