--Thomas F. King holds a PhD in anthropology, with research in western North America and Micronesia. His career since the late 1960s has been devoted to environmental impact assessment and cultural heritage management, working with government agencies, indigenous communities, and nongovernmental organizations. From 1977 to 1979 he served as a consultant in archaeology and historic preservation to the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and since 1989 he has served as volunteer senior archaeologist on The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery’s (TIGHAR’s) Amelia Earhart Project. King has authored, co-authored, or edited ten textbooks, numerous journal articles, a novel and a non-fiction tradebook, and writes blogs at http://crmplus.blogspot.com/ and http:// ameliaearhartarchaeology.blogspot.com/. Thomas A. Roberts earned a PhD in Structural Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in aerospace for forty years before retiring in 2004. Much of his career was spent with Lockheed Martin, most recently at the Skunk Works, performing and supervising structural analysis of aircraft modifications. Since his retirement Roberts has been a part-time consultant to the Skunk Works. While working for Lockheed he became interested in the puzzle of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. He joined TIGHAR in 1995 and has participated in several expeditions, two to the island of Nikumaroro in search of clues to the Earhart mystery. Joe Cerniglia is an active researcher in The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery’s (TIGHAR's) Amelia Earhart Project, and has been fascinated since age ten with the Earhart mystery. He has been associated with the research and identification of artifacts recovered by TIGHAR from Nikumaroro Island. He has authored a research bulletin on TIGHAR's website and numerous research reports for TIGHAR's Earhart Project Advisory Council, of which he is a member. Cerniglia holds a BA in English from Dartmouth College and an MA in Journalism from the University of North Texas.
192 ・ Marianas History Conference 2012