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Mel learned carpentry skills from
his father, Earl Fisher, and his musical talents seemed to come from his
mother's side of the family. Grace Sprencel Fisher and her sisters were gifted
in music and dance. Mel Fisher formed his first dance band while at tending Lew
Wallace High School at Glen Park, Indiana. He attended Purdue University, where
he studied engineering and led his own 21 piece band. With the outbreak of World
War 11, Mel went into the U.S. Army. He was trained and served with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. Before being shipped over seas to Europe with
the Army Engineers, he studied at
the University of Alabama where he was later awarded an honorary doctorate.
After the war, Mel restlessly moved to Chicago and Denver, then to Florida where
he again pursued his primary interest in diving. Mel was also a developer of his
own spear guns, cameras and other equipment needed for his underwater adventures
and exploration. Near Tampa, Mel saw his first real treasure from a sunken ship.
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From Florida, Mel Fisher drove to
California to purchase one of the first scuba (self-contained underwater
breathing apparatus) units perfected by Jacques Cousteau. In 1950 Mel moved with
his parents to Torrance, California. They operated a chicken ranch there. Mel
continued to pursue his interest in diving while he helped with the ranch and
also studied animal husbandry at El Camino College. Mel Fisher opened his first
dive shop in a small feed shed on the family chicken ranch.
A gorgeous, red-haired girl called Dolores Horton lighted Mel Fisher's life
after her mother and uncle bought the chicken ranch. Dolores became his wife and
partner in all his endeavors.
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