sue hendrickson
Born: 1949
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Education: Honorary Ph.D. University of Chicago
Occupation: Marine archaeologist, field paleontologist, professional diver
Expeditions: Diving - Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Cuba, Honduras, Egypt, Peru, and the Philippines. Paleontology - Morocco, Peru, Western U.S., Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Chile, Canada
Favorite Places: Diving in a great shipwreck or in the sunken city of Herakleion
Best Discoveries: The best shipwreck of my life was the "San Diego," a Spanish shipwreck; the best land site is Heracleopolis, sunken city of Hercules; discovering Tyrannosaurus Sue!
Favorite Item In The Field: My dog
Personal Hero: Gandhi
Hobbies: Books, being an amateur veterinarian Books: Hunt for the Past: My Life as an Explorer
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue Hendrickson
Advice: Be curious and persistent.
Blog posts:
Sue Hendrickson’s life has gone to the dogs.
The explorer, famed for discovering a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, lives a quiet life in Guanaja, a Bay Island of Honduras that is home to fewer than 6,000 people.
Eighteen years ago, she started a veterinary clinic where she cares for cats, horses, pigs, parrots and more than 70 dogs. She is hoping to get most of the dogs adopted and sometimes travels to the United States with them to facilitate the process.
In 2005, Sue was honored with the WINGS WorldQuest Women of Discovery Award for her commitment to exploration. For decades she has traveled in pursuit of the world’s greatest treasurers – from prehistoric fossils to sunken shipwrecks and ancient cities.