NSS Luminary Series

NSS 13138 RL FE. A Triad of Speleo Science Contributions. Born in 1952 in Los Angeles as the third daughter…

NSS 12154 RL FE. Emily was born in Boston in 1950. She grew up in a middle-class home where art,…

NSS 38664 FE, SC. My Dark Life. Hazel was born in Bristol, England in 1971, to a working class, and…

NSS 16643 /RL/FE/AL/OS George Dasher is a force to be reckoned with in the Virginia Region and across the NSS.…

NSS #31319 RL, FE, JM, SC Annette’s scientific career has been guided by serendipity. At 12 years old, away at summer…

NSS 14760/RL/FE/OS Dave got his start caving as an undergrad at the Univ. of Delaware, where the outing club offered…

A spelunker in his teenage years, Dave Springhetti began serious caving while a college student. Dave relocated to Texas after…

NSS 12514/FE/SC Attendees at caving events, and those that read the speleological literature, will surely recognize Dr. John Mylroie (pronounced…

NSS 10886RL/FE/CM/OS Few cavers in the National Speleological Society have had the breadth of experiences enjoyed by John Scheltens. In…

Tales of endless passages honeycombing the Mojave Desert mountains near his childhood home inspired Frank Binney from the time he…

Rich started rock climbing his first weekend of his freshman year at Pennsylvania State University. The following September, his younger…

Ralph Ewers got interested in rocks and minerals on a family trip to the Rocky Mountains. When he returned home,…

Phil Lucas’ underground exploits are legion and include extensive poking, prodding, digging, excavating, exploring, and surveying in the Water Sinks…

While visiting relatives in Kentucky as a 13-year-old youngster, Bill Balfour—with his dad and uncle—drove over to Mammoth Cave. Balfour…

After graduation from high school in Fairmont, West Virginia, Bill Jones and a buddy set out on a much-anticipated road…

NSS #5322 FEFrom the time that he was a teenager in the 1950s, Ed Yarbrough has been fascinated with caves…

NSS #8545 CM, FE, SHDon Paquette and his family moved to Bloomington, Indiana, when Don was just 13 years of…

Ric Finch grew up in Georgetown, Texas, and spent a meaningful part of his youth crawling around in a few…

Mike McEachern happened upon Bill Halliday’s book entitled Adventure is Underground and, in due course, was invited on a grotto…

Chris Howes’ first cave exploring trip was in 1968. Afterward, his dad—believing that caves were dangerous—emphasized to Chris that he…