Nick Icorn Diving Heritage Award

The Award recognizes an individual, group, or organization that have promoted the importance of the history of diving to the public. The promotion of the history of diving may not be the primary focus of the nominee’s career or organization. It must be outside of their normal professional capacity. The Award is named in recognition and honor of American scuba historian, Nick Icorn, who was a Society founding member.

Recipients

• 2025: The Deepwater Diving Monument Committee, California
• 2024: Franz Rothbrust and Sporttaucher Club Nautilus, Germany
• 2023: Rusty Wright, Jack Vilas, Bryce Merrill, Virgil Allen, And Micah Allen, Louisiana
• 2022: David L. Dekker, Holland
• 2021: Ed Uditis, Florida
• 2020: Mark Howell, California
• 2019: Kees de Jong, Andre Merks, Sandy Rijgersberg, Netherlands
• 2018: Jon Council, California
• 2017: Tina Icorn, California
• 2016: Dr. Andres Claros and Enrique Dauner, Spain
• 2015: Ed LaRochelle, California
• 2014: California Wreck Divers, California
• 2013: Bob Barth and Dave Sullivan, Florida
• 2012: Iain MacQuarrie, England
• 2011: Don Barthelmess, California
• 2010: Ryan Spence, Flashback Scuba, Washington
• 2009: Aquazoo, Germany
• 2008: The Langley Family and the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia
• 2008: Captain Don Johnson, The Lockwood Pioneer Scuba Diving Museum, Illinois
• 2007: Sandy Lydon and Tim Thomas, California
• 2006: Lucien Cabrolie, France, Jan de Groot, Holland, Philippe Rousseau, France
• 2005: Colin Taylor, England
• 2004: The Scuba Show, California
• 2003: Beneath the Sea, New York, and Mares America, Connecticut