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American diving instructor and ocean conservationist (1953–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pamela "Pam" Sue Balash-Webber (1953-2020)[1] was an American diving instructor and ocean conservationist.[2][3]
She was born in Albion, Michigan, and lived most her life on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She had a sister.[1]
Balash-Webber worked for the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) organization for many years, and became a district course director in 1989. She was one of the first two American women to teach recreational diving in Russia.[2] With her husband, Andre, she owned and ran a diving club on Saint Thomas. They worked together to have moorings installed at dive sites in the United States Virgin Islands to protect the reefs from damage.[2][3]
Andre died in 2014, 54 years old.[4] Pamela died in late 2020, having had scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis for several years. They share an underwater memorial at Andres reef, near Buck Island.[1][2]
In 2022, she was one of five women to be inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.[5]
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