American Nitrox Divers International

American Nitrox Divers International

American Nitrox Divers International (or ANDI) was founded by Ed Betts and Dick Rutkowski in 1988 as a Scuba diving training agency. As a former dive supervisor of NOAA, and the original founder of IANTD, Dick Rutkowski is responsible for many of the developments in the recreational diving industry [cite web|url=http://www.andihq.com/pages/history.html|title=The History of ANDI|accessdate=2007-12-07|publisher=American Nitrox Divers International] .

ANDI has since expanded to include offices in The United Kingdom, Israel, Australia, Sweden, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Republic of Maldives, Republic of Philippines, Latin America, Middle East, with its home office in the United States of America. [cite web|url=http://www.andihq.com/pages/intro.html|title=Introduction to ANDI|accessdate=2007-12-07|publisher=American Nitrox Divers International]

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