Dr. Samuel Miller, III
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This is terrible news...
May Allah grant him the highest level of his beliefs and may He bestow upon Sam's family, loved ones and friends the patience and solace to endure his loss and guide them to the straight righteous and virtuous path, Insha-Allah, Amen.
May Allah grant him the highest level of his beliefs and may He bestow upon Sam's family, loved ones and friends the patience and solace to endure his loss and guide them to the straight righteous and virtuous path, Insha-Allah, Amen.
Eric Sedletzky
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I’m so sorry to hear this.
Rest In Peace buddy!
May you have wonderful eternal diving adventures in the great reef in the sky.
Rest In Peace buddy!
May you have wonderful eternal diving adventures in the great reef in the sky.
Never met him (as it was with Dr. Bill), however always admired his insight and perspective.
The dive community has lost another icon, who we owe a great deal of honor and respect.
The dive community has lost another icon, who we owe a great deal of honor and respect.
Such a sad lose to the community. We had been corresponding about our progression in the LA County instructor program. After passing the try outs, he sent us some custom mask keepers. The dive community is worse off today with his passing.
drrich2
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Saddened to hear this. In occasional threads, he would contest some claim of historic scuba events based on his knowledge of having lived through those times actively involved in the hobby and paying attention. He watched scuba diving evolve into what we know today, he knew the paths it took to get here, and as many who appreciate history do, he actively shared that knowledge with others so it wouldn't be lost.
It was mentioned he and Dr. Bill Bushing were ScubaBoard legends, and in both cases we lost a treasure trove of knowledge. Of course his family lost much more.
Richard.
It was mentioned he and Dr. Bill Bushing were ScubaBoard legends, and in both cases we lost a treasure trove of knowledge. Of course his family lost much more.
Richard.
Huge loss for the community... He was indeed a legend and taught many of us about the history of California diving and diving in general. Peace and strength to his family!
Sam was an important contributor to the article we wrote on teaching scuba while neutrally buoyant rather than on the knees. His contribution, as people might guess, focused on how scuba was taught from the beginning. In our research, we wanted to know when classes started to be taught on the knees, and Sam showed that students were on the knees or on their butts from the very beginning because there was no way to get neutrally buoyant then--not even wetsuits. That was one of the points of the original draft of the article--teaching on the knees was an unneeded relic of a time when teaching while neutral was not possible.
None of that made it into the published article because of the length of the article. It was still important because we had to get PADI to agree to publish it first, and I believe Sam's portion of the original draft was very much instrumental in achieving that goal.
None of that made it into the published article because of the length of the article. It was still important because we had to get PADI to agree to publish it first, and I believe Sam's portion of the original draft was very much instrumental in achieving that goal.
Sad news indeed.
We last corresponded on our mutual fondness for vintage scuba ads and on the elegy of bygone Southern California diving culture, "more diving, less posing" in Sam's view — during the height of the covidiocy; chatted a bit over the phone, which he had grown to prefer to email, and exchanged a few old Pismo Beach stories.
One of his favorites, was the account of an irate local fisherman, shocked upon receiving news that the famed Pismo Clam had become commercially extinct.
"Extinct?" was his incredulous response. "How can that possibly be? We’d take them out by the truckload!"
Doctor Sam was truly a character in the finest sense of the word; and he will be sorely missed . . .
We last corresponded on our mutual fondness for vintage scuba ads and on the elegy of bygone Southern California diving culture, "more diving, less posing" in Sam's view — during the height of the covidiocy; chatted a bit over the phone, which he had grown to prefer to email, and exchanged a few old Pismo Beach stories.
One of his favorites, was the account of an irate local fisherman, shocked upon receiving news that the famed Pismo Clam had become commercially extinct.
"Extinct?" was his incredulous response. "How can that possibly be? We’d take them out by the truckload!"
Doctor Sam was truly a character in the finest sense of the word; and he will be sorely missed . . .
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