“ank you all for a job well done at the History Quiz Bowl! Every event we attend has been superbly hosted by each and every staff member there. It's an honor to be a part of this community and member of the NHA. Kudos, Kudos! —Ross and Trina Ragan
A full house gathered for “Rebuilding Great Point Light–25 Years Later,” with Rob Benchley and Augusto Ramos, right.
Nan and Chuck Geschke and Ellen Ross at the sneak preview of Nantucket.
2011 Food for ought
Nantucket Contributors
L ECTU R E S ER IES
e Nantucket Historical Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, businesses, and organizations for their generous support of Nantucket, 2007–11
supporting Food for Thought as part of its grant for community programming at the
Whaleship Owner
Harpooner
bag lunch lectures.
$50,00o to $75,000
$1,000 to $4,999
Franci & Jim Crane Helen & Will Little Janet & Rick Sherlund
Cape Air / Nantucket Airlines Congdon & Coleman Insurance Eaton Vance Investment Counsel Fine Paints of Europe Jeannette & George Fowlkes Georgia P. Gosnell Dr. Thomas B. & Ellen H. Hakes Dr. Deborah Hoadley, in memory of Philemon and Phyllis Hoadley Jordan William Raveis Real Estate Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce Nantucket Lodging Association N Magazine/Nantucket Gazette Gail & Rafael Osona David Silva & Geoffrey Silva Trianon/Seaman Schepps Judy L. Widger Judith & Michael Wodynski Ellen & Harvey Young
Captain $25,000 to $49,999 Michael A. Kovner & Jean Doyen de Montaillou Elizabeth Wyatt & John E. Luth Carolyn & Ian MacKenzie
First Mate $15,000 to $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Avellino Robyn B. & John H. Davis
Second Mate $10,000 to $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Geschke Daintry & Reb Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Newton Pamela Thomas
Third Mate $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Jennie & Mark Famiglio Horchow Family Charitable Trust Nantucket Film Festival Ellen & David Ross Will Sherlund
Seaman To $500 Patricia S. & Thomas J. Anathan Mr. & Mrs. James B. Cowperthwait John M. Heggem Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm W. MacNab Ann & Dennis Marvin Jeffrey C. Morse Nantucket Police Department Sally & Peter Nash Reva & Morton Schlesinger Kathryn Kay & Robert Young
With thanks to our speakers and to the M. S. Worthington Foundation for
NHA. In 2011, more than a thousand islanders attended the popular weekly brown-
“Island Schools” Dave Provost and Charles Clark
“Historic Preservation Today” Wendy Nicholas
“Greater Light Garden” Kathrina Marques & Mark Avery
“Life at 78 Degrees North” Marjan Shirzad
“Collectors Gam” Lawrence Dobe and Robert Hellman
“The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience” Robert Mooney
“Nantucket Cottage Hospital” Dr. Margot Hartmann
“Nantucket’s Changing Media Scene” Bruce Percelay
“Nantucket Police Department” William Pittman
“Education on Nantucket” Michael Cozort
“Nantucket Fire Department” Elizabeth Shannon
“Perspectives on Nantucket” Jim Perelman
“Wannacomet Water Company” Robert Gardner
“Little Gray Island Book Gam” Anne Bradt, Ruth Grieder, Hillary Hedges Raport, Sally Nash, Nancy Newhouse, and Allen Reinhard
“South Church Preservation Project” David Barham
“Literature & Hip Hop” MC Lars
“ACK Doctor” Dr. Greg Hinson
“Rebuilding Great Point Light–25 Years Later” Rob Benchley and Augusto Ramos
“Nantucket Mushrooms” odd Leftwich
“The Future of News Delivery” Marianne Stanton
“Shepherding on Nantucket” Nicole DuPont “The 1800 House” Elizabeth Braun and Mary Emery Lacoursiere “Greater Light Artist Gam” Joan Albaugh, Bobby Frazier, Beverly Hall, Sherre Wilson-Liljegren, and Edwin Rudd
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“Envisioning the Nantucket Science Center” Janet Schulte