Joyce Hayward began diving in 1982. During her diving career
she has served as the Great Lakes Director of the Atlantic Alliance for
Maritime Heritage, and the Vice President of the Association for Great
Lakes Maritime History where she served as chair of the Divers
Coordination
committee. She is the President of the Ohio Chapter of Save
Ontario
Shipwrecks. Joyce has held various offices with the Ohio Council
of Skin and Scuba Divers where she is presently the Secretary and
serves
as Chair of the Legislative Action committee. Joyce earned
"Diver of the Year" upon three occasions for the state of Ohio.
She
also was appointed by the Governor of Ohio to serve on the Maritime
Advisory
Council, a management advisory committee for the shipwrecks of Lake
Erie.
She has received the Order of Excellence from AMHC, the Distinguished
Service
Award from the Ohio Council of Skin and Scuba Divers and the Director's
Achievement Award from Save Ontario Shipwrecks and recently was
inducted
into the Women Divers Hall of Fame. Joyce is an Assistant Instructor,
Master
Diver, Technical and Tri-mix diver and member of IANTD. She has
been
involved in deep, over 160 ft., diving since
1988.
Joyce has organized and helped to instruct Archaeological training
workshops
in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. Joyce has
been
featured in several videos and television documentaries including
Michigan
in Depth, and has been featured in Voices of the Lakes and The
Best
Adventure Yet. Her photography has appeared in various
publications
and she has given presentations all over the United States and
Canada.
She is often referred to as "The Lady of the Lakes."
