Dr. Samuel Miller, III

[Couv]

RIP Sam...I'll miss your post.

 

[LACounty4806]

This was Sam back in 1970, as a member of the training staff for Los Angeles County 19 UICC in his "ice cream man" jacket.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

I wanted to know what the L.A. County lifeguard fitness test was in the '60s and '70s today, and opened my laptop to ask Sam... then remembered I can't.

 

[Scared Silly]

Thanks for the dive Sam.

 

[captain]

Sorry to hear this. We met in the mid 2000’s at Portage quarry vintage weekend and shared stories f the early scuba years. RIP Sam, it was an honor to know you.

 

[Marie13]

Sam was always a great encourager to keep pushing with my diving. I was going to let him know I’d finished full cave and then saw here he was gone.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

I honestly need that information about L.A. lifeguard training evolution for something I'm working on, and Google cannot deliver. The only other person I know who might be able to help me is Chris Brewster at USLA. The best way to describe Sam just hit me this morning.

Sam was like the Herodotus of diving.

 

[captain]

Me, Sam and Bryan from Vintage Double Hose at Portage Quarry, OH 2006 vintage weekend.

 

[Mordem]

What a pity... bought a lot of books from his collection decades ago. Great fellow. Passionate about everything underwater. Surely will be missed.

 

[Kensei]

I wonder what percentage of our members have ever seen a California spiny lobster this big let alone bagged one?

I've had the pleasure of seeing and catching a bug about that big. That's a two-hand operation. Looks like a Sea Hunt underwater battle for about five seconds.