Charles D. Beeker

Beeker serves as the director of Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science and Academic Diving Program. Beeker, Registered Professional Archaeologist and PADI Master Instructor, has been teaching recreational and scientific diving classes for over 40 years. Beeker served as a member of the federal Archaeological Working Committee for the 1988 Abandoned Shipwreck Act and was appointed to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee in 2005. Beeker has assisted in establishing underwater state parks across the United States and Caribbean, using a model of multidisciplinary scientific investigations of both the submerged cultural and biological resources.