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Project Team Members

The Santa Barbara Deepwater Diving Monument Committee was formed by local historian and founder of the Historical Diving Society, Leslie Leaney and Professor Emeritus Don Barthelmess of Santa Barbara City College’s Marine Diving Technology Program.

 

Their mission is to design and privately fundraise a bronze diver sculpture/monument to the pioneering local divers as a gift to the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department. The monument will provide an enduring local attraction that confirms Santa Barbara harbor’s place in history as the birthplace of international deep water ocean exploration.

The committee is comprised of local residents, historians, stakeholders and City officials.

Don Barthelmess

Don Barthelmess

Professor Emeritus / Program Director Santa Barbara City College Marine Technology Program 1989-2019

Paul Guiver BEM

Paul Guiver BEM

Former Royal Navy Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officer
Managing Director Monument Projects Ltd.
Principle Contractor for The Deepwater Diving Monument Project

Leslie Leaney

Leslie Leaney

Co-Founder of The Historical Diving Society USA in 1992
Diving expert and local historian

Tony Sexton

Tony Sexton

Former Royal Navy Mine Clearance Diver
Director Monument Projects Ltd.
Principle Contractor for The Deepwater Diving Monument Project

Paul Guiver and Tony Sexton of Monument Projects Ltd are both former Royal Navy Mine Clearance Divers, they have a proven track record of managing the creation and delivery of larger-than-life Sculptures.

They have been chosen as the Principle Contractors and our partners to produce, manage and deliver this project.

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