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Sue Hendrickson
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2 December 1949, France
Has worked with Franck Goddio since 1991.
Sue has worked as a professional diver since 1971� from collecting tropical fish for aquariums, to modern salvage, diving for lobster, collecting shells, and many years of underwater archaeology. Previously, she was the foreign liaison for Carisub, the national Cuban Marine Archaeologists. She is a member of the Explorer�s Club, New York, Society for Historical Archeology and the Paleontological Society. She is also a museum consultant in paleontology and a specialist in the fieldwork of paleontology and the fossil inclusions in amber from the Dominican republic and Chiapas, Mexico. (Known for finding the great T Rex dinosaur, known as �SUE� --- now at the Field Museum of Chicago.)
�I do this type of work, like my other passions, mainly because I�m like a child who never grew up� I love to look for and find things. The thrill of discovery is a real emotion� like a �rush�� the excitement is worth the days or months of hard work� and keeps me going on and on� looking for more. I�ve been very lucky in my life to be able to follow what I wanted to do. Like the others� I do this because it�s great! To try to rationalize the reason for following this career (and the paleontology fieldwork), it is to further education� knowing the past is important� but really I just selfishly love this work.�
�I am proud to be working with Franck on what are the best underwater archaeology projects in the world� he has managed to put together all the complicated pieces to carry through these immense projects� from permits to research to discovery to excavation, to publication, documentaries and museum exhibitions� a large complex of many talented people� I am glad to be part of it all!�
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