Mike Verloin de Gruy lives in Santa Barbara, CA. His father was Frank Verloin de Gruy of Mobile, recently deceased, and his grandfather Frank Verloin de Gruy (m. Era) who died in Mobile. This Frank (whom we called Papa) was the son of Francois Verloin deGruy and Marie Alix Gainne. There are nothing but Francois Verloins on the male side as far as I have records on; wives' maiden names include Foucher and Saulet. Sorry I don't have my database handy, so all this is off the top of my head; Shelley on this list probably knows more off the top of her head. Karma -------------- Original message from listadministratordegruyl <[email protected]>: -------------- > Can someone show how Mike deGruy, the underwater photographer, marine > biologist, is related to the family? I think he lives in California. Not > sure exactly where. > > ReneeThe productivity of our Degruy list depends upon generosity in sharing family research. This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to > be "fact." All data should be verified. > -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Karma. Since I wrote that first message I found the following on the web. It doesn't say much about his direct relatives, but it does give a nice cameo of him, which I have added to my family file. Celine.... do you think we could put the following on the website....not sure which section... there is a photo at the website which we could include ********** From: http://www.marinetech.org/nine_degrees/who.php#top Upon emerging from his dive to these deep-sea oases, the expression says it all: "What a phenomenal place!" Mike deGruy Filmmaker The Film Crew, Inc. Specializing in underwater and on-water photography, Mike deGruy's 20-year career has allowed him to film in the world's most remote and spectacular locations for his own productions, as well as for those of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Public Broadcasting System (PBS), the National Geographic Society, and many others. Together with his wife, Mimi Armstrong deGruy, Mike owns the Santa Barbara-based production company called The Film Crew, Inc. Their inventory includes full production and post-production facilities in Super 16mm and 35mm, all with professional underwater housings. The company owns a full range of underwater lighting in both tungsten (traditional) and HMI (high-powered), as well as an underwater digital Betacam. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Mike's interest in the ocean began at a very young age. At age 12, after returning home from a pawn shop with a SCUBA regulator in his hand, Mike's parents signed him up for SCUBA-diving lessons at the local YMCA. After attending a military high school in Tennessee, Mike received a diving scholarship to North Carolina State University, where he majored in zoology with a concentration in marine science. After graduating, he moved to Hawaii, taking a year to establish residency before he entering the Ph.D. program at the University of Hawaii. During grad school, Mike worked at the Wakiki Aquarium, collecting marine organisms, building exhibits, and holding feeding shows. It was during this time that fellow graduate student Bruce Carlson became the first to bring live chambered nautilus back to the U.S. from Fiji, housing them at the Wakiki Aquarium. Mike and Bruce teamed up to bring back more of these elusive creatures, traveling to places like Palau to collect them. Three years into his Ph.D. program, Mike noticed a job announcement for assistant manager at a marine lab in the Marshall Islands. He applied, but wasn't chosen for the job. However, a month later, the marine lab contacted him about taking another position - manager. Mike gladly accepted their offer, postponed graduate school, and moved to the Marshall Islands where he managed the marine lab for 3 years, interfacing with visiting scientists and supporting their research. Mike was able to do his own research during this time, which concentrated on mollusks (mussels, clams, octopus, nautili, squid, and cuttlefish), his favorite group of marine organisms. While still in the Marshall Islands, Mike was contacted by Bruce Carlson about collecting and filming chambered nautili for Arthur Jones, owner of Nautilus, the exercise equipment company. Mike, Bruce, and Paul Atkins, a University of Hawaii graduate student traveled to Palau where they shot footage of and collected nautili for Jones. Jones then invited the team to his headquarters in Florida to edit the films in his company's TV studio. Mike, still wanting to complete his Ph.D. program, returned to Hawaii, but soon realized that making films was his real desire. He eventually returned to Florida and took a permanent position with Jones' company. Mike took the opportunity to learn everything he could about film during the 8 months Mike worked for Jones. He left Nautilus and moved to New York City where he started his own film company, The Film Crew. Missing the islands, Mike moved back to Hawaii after 2 years and started making natural history documentaries with Paul Atkins and his wife Gracie. Two of the films the three worked on together were: Aliens from Innerspace, a documentary on cephalopods (chambered nautili, squid, octopus, and cuttlefish), produced for the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), and Nautilus: 500 Million Years Under the Sea. Mike's relationship with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) continued of the Fire Goddess, a film about volcanoes in Hawaii. Lost World of the Medusa, a documentary on the "jellyfish lake" in Palau, was another film Mike worked on for the BBC. Mike met his wife Mimi when Turner Broadcasting Company of Atlanta hired him to film the U.S. trust territories for the company's Portrait of America series. After a long distance relationship, the two settled in Los Angeles, where Mimi took a position with the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Eventually Mimi joined The Film Crew; she and Mike have produced such documentaries as Incredible Suckers, a 1-hour film illustrating the vast diversity and amazing abilities of cephalopods, and the National Geographic film Tempest From the Deep, about the weather phenomenon El Nino (released in March 1999). Mike and Mimi are currently editing yet another film about the octopus, produced by Paul Euwer for National Geographic and Nature. Mike was hired by the BBC to film the world of black smokers, 6-foot long tubeworms, and eel-like fish during this 9? North expedition for the company's upcoming The Blue Planet series. ************ [email protected] wrote: > Mike Verloin de Gruy lives in Santa Barbara, CA. His father was Frank Verloin de Gruy of Mobile, recently deceased, and his grandfather Frank Verloin de Gruy (m. Era) who died in Mobile. This Frank (whom we called Papa) was the son of Francois Verloin deGruy and Marie Alix Gainne. There are nothing but Francois Verloins on the male side as far as I have records on; wives' maiden names include Foucher and Saulet. Sorry I don't have my database handy, so all this is off the top of my head; Shelley on this list probably knows more off the top of her head. > > Karma > >> Can someone show how Mike deGruy, the underwater photographer, marine >> biologist, is related to the family? I think he lives in California. Not >> sure exactly where. >> >>