Eugenie Clark was born in 1922 and grew up in New York. Clark, more commonly known as the “shark lady”, received her Master’s degree in Zoology in 1946; shortly after, she learned to dive. In 1950, she received her Doctorate in Zoology from New York University. Upon graduation she received the Fulbright Scholarship to study fish in the Red Sea. In 1953, “Lady with a Spear”, her first book, was published. In 1955, Clark opened the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory in Placida. The opening of the laboratory started her shark research. In 1967, Clark left the laboratory after it changed into Mote Marine Laboratory with the financial help of William Mote. Clark became a professor in the zoology department of University of Maryland in 1968. Clark continued to be published, writing books of her own and writing for the National Geographic. Clark has made many submersible dives. In 1992, Clark retired from the University of Maryland. In 1999, Clark returned to the Mote Marine Laboratory. Clark has been married multiple times and has four children.
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http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/clark.html
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/clark.htm
http://www.sharkmans-world.com/eclark.html
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