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Come join us on, May 13th, for our guest speaker Clyde Paul Smith. He will discuss the search for the CSS Hunley and leave time to answer questions about his years as a member of Clive Cussler's team. Clyde traveled the world with Jim Delgado during the filming of the Sea Hunters. Joining him will be Richmond's own Tom Robinson. Clyde was a commercial banker for more than twenty-five years, having started as a teller and retiring after having been the president and CEO of two Washington DC area national banks. After leaving banking in the early 1990’s he joined Admiral Zumwalt and Consultants and worked with the admiral until his death in 2001. Clyde’s duties revolved around international financial consulting. Today Clyde continues in this field as the owner of Professional Services Management. Clyde has given freely of his time and talents for the past 20 years to the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC where he serves as an unpaid sworn Lieutenant in the Financial Crimes Unit. Clyde learned to dive while serving in the US Navy and this interest has followed him into his civilian career. Clyde was introduced to Clive Cussler in 1980 during the search for the CSS Hunley in Charleston. He joined NUMA as a trustee the following year and since that time has been fortunate enough to travel all over the world with Cussler and his band of merry men ever since.
Clyde works closely with the Sea Hunters television series and is now the Special Projects Director of NUMA. He was introduced to the Institute of Nautical Archaeology in 2006 and now works hand in hand with INA Executive Director, Jim Delgado, in arranging meetings through his extensive network of contacts inside the Washington beltway. Clyde and his wife Paula Michaels, a vice president with Morgan Stanley, live in Great Falls, Virginia. They have a combined total of four children; including a daughter who is studying anthropology.
Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Mi Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, located at 8250 Midlothian Turnpike, in Richmond.
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