Dr. Jim Hendee worked as a researcher for the U.S. Government for over 30 years before retiring. He authored many scientific papers, and been a fisherman, an aquaculturist, a herpetologist, worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, served in the Peace Corps, worked for several universities, and dove SCUBA in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, and on beautiful coral reefs all over the world. He currently lives in Pompano Beach, Florida.