The article features Jack Browne, one of the founders of Diving Equipment & Salvage Corporation (DESCO). The topics discussed include how Browne became interested in diving as a young boy and eventually established the company together with Max Nohl and John Craig, the diving gear and equipment he designed and developed, and his career after he sold DESCO in 1946. A fellow diver's account of Browne's retirement and death in the British Virgin Islands is also presented.