Sue Hendrickson
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Born | Susan Hendrickson December 2, 1949 marine archaeology |
Susan Hendrickson (born December 2, 1949) is an American explorer and fossil collector. Hendrickson is best known for her discovery of the remains of a
Early life
Hendrickson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Lee and Mary Hendrickson; her family soon moved to nearby Munster, Indiana, where she grew up.[1] She has two siblings: an older brother, John,[2] and her younger sister, Karen. Her father was a successful railroad purchasing agent, while her mother worked at American Airlines.[2]
In 1955, Hendrickson was enrolled at Munster's public elementary school, frequently being praised by her teachers as "a good student and obedient child".
Aside from her work as a diver, Hendrickson also worked part of the year as a lobster fisherman, and would occasionally take the summer off to volunteer on paleontological digs. She later moved to
Career
In 1963, Hendrickson had a large circle of friends in the diving business, and one day was invited to participate in a salvage diving expedition off the Florida Keys, which she eagerly undertook. Her job was to retrieve valuable building materials that were stored in a cargo freighter which ran aground on a coral reef.[6] While continuing her work in salvage, Hendrickson soon found herself exploring old shipwrecks, later going to the Dominican Republic. She was fascinated by working in the company of archaeologists and fell in love with the country, visiting the island often.[7]
By the mid-1980s, Hendrickson had also attempted mining amber in the Dominican mountains. She had become one of the largest amber providers for scientists. Hendrickson also found three perfect 23-million-year-old butterflies, which make up a half of the whole world's total collection. Although she found the work too monotonous to pursue full-time, writing that "You could dig for months and find nothing in the Dominican caves,"[8] she continued studying paleo entomology, becoming an expert at identifying fossilized insects.
She also met Swiss paleontologist Kirby Siber, who allowed her to join his team consisting of paleontologists Carlos Martin and
In 1992, Hendrickson joined a team of marine
In 2005, Glamour magazine honored her in their "Glamour Woman of the Year Awards". In 2001, she published an autobiography entitled Hunt for the Past: My Life as an Explorer (New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc). In 2008, she was featured on the "Dare to Explore" chapter of National Geographic Kids.
Hendrickson now[
References
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Gaines, Ann (2004). Sue Hendrickson: Explorer of Land and Sea. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7910-7713-9.
- "Dinosaur discoverer trusts intuition", The Oprah Winfrey Show.
- "Ask a Dinosaur Expert", an interview with Sue Hendrickson conducted by Scholastic Press
- Dinosaur Named Sue (2003), Bt Bound. ISBN 0-613-36416-3. Sue hendrickson
External links
- Sue Hendrickson at IMDb