After considerable thought and discussion, the Society is suspending Scholarship awards in all three regions – North America, Europe, and Australasia – for 2026. In the interim, we encourage you to consider one of our amazing internships. The Internship program will continue as usual with the application period opening on December 1, 2025.
OWUSS Virtual Event Series June 3-5, 2021 The Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society has some good news to share! We are emerging from our year-long COVID hiatus and will celebrate our Scholars and Interns with a virtual event series June 3-5, 2021. It is more important than ever that we celebrate success while we recognize the challenging times we are all facing. Scholar and Intern Symposiums – June 3 & 4 Similar to the morning symposiums we traditionally held at The Explorers Club, the first two days of the event will feature the final presentations of our returning 2019 Rolex Scholars
The Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society® (OWUSS) and Divers Alert Network® (DAN®) are pleased to announce two new internships for 2021. Applications are now being accepted for the Dr. Glen H. Egstrom DAN Diver’s Health and Safety Internship and the DAN Diver’s Safety Internship. The Dr. Glen H. Egstrom DAN Diver’s Health and Safety Internship is named in honor of one of the Society’s founding directors. Dr. Egstrom was an avid diver and brilliant scientist who dedicated a significant portion of his career to diving safety by improving diver and instructor training, diving equipment, fitness to dive, diver conditioning, and underwater
You’re Invited to Dr. Glen H. Egstrom’s Virtual Online Memorial Event* Access Link: https://youtu.be/NKUyZBOhY0o Sunday, July 12, 2020 1:00pm PDT/4:00pm EDT – 2:00pm PDT/5:00pm EDT Premiering the Tribute Movie – “A Life Well Lived” The family of Dr. Glen H. Egstrom humbly invites you to a virtual, online memorial to celebrate his life and contributions. “A Life Well Lived” movie tribute by Emmy award winning filmmaker Adam Ravetch will be premiered. Scheduled Remarks • Opening Remarks James A. Corry Director Emeritus, Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society® • Adam B. Ravetch “A Life Well Lived” • Mark V. Bensen Nonprofit and Philanthropy Consultant 1974 Rolex Scholar,
Glen H. Egstrom, Ph.D. Founding Director, Past Chairman of the Board, and Director Emeritus October 16, 1928 – October 7, 2019 “A Life Well Lived” October 16, 1928 dawned as just another day in America. Just a week earlier, the New York Yankees had swept the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 to win the World Series. American troops had been home from the trenches and battlefields of World War I for about ten years. Calvin Coolidge was the President of the United States, and though Americans had no clue what was about to befall them, the start of the Great Depression
Since we are unable to get together in New York City this year, we hope you will join us for our virtual event. Saturday, June 6th, 4pm EDT – New York 3pm CDT – Chicago 1pm PDT – Los Angeles 9pm BST – London 10pm CEST – Berlin 6am AEST (Sunday, June 7th) – Sydney We’ll have video messages from our returning 2019 Scholars and Interns. We will also check in with some of our alumni to see what they have been working on, and we’ll hear from Dr. Joe MacInnis who will provide us with some inspirational words. We
