Christian Lambertsen: The Rutgers Alumnus Who Was a Father of SCUBA Diving
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 09:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Human beings do not have gills, but swimming underwater as if we did has long been a basic urge. With his "amphibious respirator unit," a prototype for what the world now calls SCUBA gear, Christian Lambertsen, Rutgers Class of 1939, made diving feasible for millions of people.