Dr. David Zink
Dr. David Daniel Zink jr. (17.09.1927-02.03.2008) was formerly an English professor at the USAF Academy in Colorado and Lamar University in Texas. Following a meeting with J. Manson Valentine in the 1970’s he carried out extensive searches with funding from A.R.E. in the shallow waters off Bimini producing detailed maps of anomalous underwater features such as the ‘Bimini Road’. Zink published these findings in 1978[178] and the following year published a second book[588] that discussed megaliths in a more general manner.
However, it has transpired that Zink used the ‘services’ of psychics, including a well-known clairvoyant, Carol Huffstickler, during his Bimini investigations. One of Huffstickler’s contributions was to declare that Stonehenge was built around 16,000BC! These psychic sources advised that highly evolved, loving extraterrestrial beings from the Pleiades arrived on earth around 30,000 BC and joined the thriving commercial and religious community of Bimini and assisted with the construction of temples and buildings including the structures studied by Zink. The inclusion of this psychic ‘input’ did little to enhance the credibility of Zink as a serious investigator and led to the withdrawal of A.R.E. support.
Ocala. Dr. David Daniel Zink, Jr., 80, of Ocala, passed away at the Life Care Center on March 2, 2008. He was born September 17, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri.
David received a Bachelor of Journalism from University of Texas. He went on to receive a Masters Degree in English at the University of Colorado followed by a Ph.D. in Victorian Literature. He was a veteran of the USAF from 1946-49, serving in Korea as a Communications and Electronics Officer earning a Commendation Medal, continued as a Career Officer from 1952-65; English Instructor at the US Air Force Academy, left the service as a Captain. David was a published author and underwater archeologist. David led ten underwater projects (The Poseidia Expeditions) to an archeological site off Bimini Island in the Bahamas. For this work he was recognized by the International Explorers Society as the 1976 Explorer of the Year. Among his accomplishments, David has been recognized in: Who's Who in the World, an Outstanding Intellectual of the 21st Century, In the Spirit of Enterprise; from the Rolex Awards, Men of Achievement, World Who's Who of Authors, Outstanding Educators of America, Contemporary Authors, and Directory of American Scholars.
David is survived by his daughter Laurie Zink Menard and her husband David Hastings Menard, his son David Paul Zink of Deland, and his wife Louise.
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Dr. David Daniel Zink, jr. - Underwater Archaeologist (Bimini & Bahamas)
