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Sylvia Earle Birth date: •August 30, 1935 •Gibbstown, New Jersey Education: • She couldn’t afford college •Won scholarships to Florida State •Worked in college laboratories •Earned bachelors degree from Florida •Received masters at Duke University •In 1996 earned PH.D from Duke Early interest: •When a kid she wasfascinated by creatures and plants that lived in the wild •Had been taught to respect the wild •When she was 13, moved to Mexico and learned about the wild Environmental issue/cause: •Marine conservation- helping marine life stay alive and preserving the wild Environmental Goals •Working with plants and animal was he life time goal •Yes because she has studied with them and worked on them Steps taken •Moved to Cambridge Massachusetts •Lived in an underwater chamber for fourteen days •Named 1st women to serve as a chief scientist at NOAA •Received bachelor degree from Florida State University •Scientific American interview •Earned PhD •Director of the Cape Haze Marine Laboratories Reasons or needs •To continue explore the ocean •To develop new technology to use in the ocean •To understand the ocean boat.gif http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ear0int-4 http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ear0int-3 scuba suit.gif