SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS INVENI PORTAM CLIFFORD DAY MALLORY, JR. (1916-2000)
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C liff Mallory served sixty yea rs on th e board of Mys ti c Sea po rt, umil his death on 7 December last yea r at rh e age of84 . He served as pres ident ofM ys[i c fr om 1976 to 1984, and [hen as chairman , 1984-88. Bo[h his fath er and hi s uncle had been president of M ys tic, and C liff grew up kn owing th e fo und ers of dle Sea po rt, providing an insrim[i o nal memory reaching back ro 1929. Bu[ he ea rn ed his spurs in rough co mmirree chairm anships and as u eas u re r o f [h e Seapo rt while running C. D . M all ory in [he co mpeti tive shi p b roke rage busin ess. His fa mily's shipping roo ts ran bac k ro [h e 1640s, at first in coastal shipping and later dee pwa rer ve nwres . M ys[i c Seaport was builron the sire of a M al lo ry shipya rd. H e enj oyed telling stories ofrh e fa mily steamship lin e, w hi ch ran o ur of South Srreer in New Yo rk ro Galvesto n, Texas. W i[h C li ffs sto ries, on e always wanted ro hear more, the Clifford D. Mallory, Jr. scenes were so ali ve ro h im , and he rack.J ed [h em wi[h such gusro-as indeed he did almos [ everythin g he rook on in life. He had a no ble im agina[io n and at one point tho ugh[ of bringing the M alJory Line office ro [he So uth Srreer Seaport dis[ri c[ o n New York's Eas[ River, a ston e's [hrow from where [h e early S[eamers had paddled [h eir sm oky way ro T exas . H ow one wishes he had ca rried off [ha[ panicular madca p scheme, as he did so m an y others. le would have given us in [he museum rh ar much more of his co mpany. Behind his bluff and ch eery ways, and relish for goss ip-rhe racier [he ber[er-h e had a keen anal yrical mind. Servin g for several yea rs as Overseer of N MHS, he saved us from more [han o ne smmbl e and was unfa ilingly ge nerous wi[h aid and co unsel. He had a fin e ras [e in arr and how one rejoiced in hearing [ha[ amused and somerimes penetra[ing voice disco ursing on his coll ec[ion of arr. H e has lefr h is many fri ends a virtual gallery of unfading memo ries. His wife Pauline, who m he me[ while on naval service in N ew Zealand in World W ar II , survives him . And his so n Charles and son -in-law Michael B. Smbbs serve on M ysri c's board . Cliff was ar rh e heart o f [he M ys tic renaissance in restorin g and giving new life ro hisroricships. Wh en he received rhe NMHSAm eri can Ship Trus[Award in 1993, [he la[e Emil " Bus" Mosbacher, then chairman ofOperacio n Sail , wrore: "You have given [he mos[ impo rtant ships in Am eri ca a future wo nh y of th eir pas r. " PETER STA FORD
ALBERT EGAN (1916-2000) Bud Egan liked ro [hink up OU[rageo us schemes, and qui[e often acco mplished them . Brilliandy successful in rh e lumber and constru ctio n busin ess , he becam e a benefi cent figure in N antucket historical circl es. In his later yea rs he fo unded the Ega n Institute of M ari rim e Studi es, whi ch he install ed in [he fa mous o ld Coffin School, fo unded by rh e Bri[ishAdmiral Coffin ro u ain desriru[e ororphaned yo un gs ters fo r sea . T he Ega n Insrim[e holds exhibitio ns of ex[rao rdinary virtue, with an acti ve publishing program , and, true ro C offin 's herirage and Bud's own interve ntio nist sryle, a co ntinuing interest in helping yo ung N anmcke[ers sa il rewa rd b roa d er horizo ns in ac tive sa iling programs run with rh e Na ntucket Yacht C lub . H e was fo rtun ate in choosing, as [he lnsrirure's directo r, Na [h ani el Philbri ck, lo ng-standing m ember of N MH S and author of scho larl y wo rks o n Na ntucket history and rhe recent bes tselling (and scholarly) Jn the Heart ofthe Sea: The Tragedy ofthe Whaleship Essex. But [h en, Bud was fo rtun a[e in m a n y [hings, ro rh e po im, o ne imagines, of hav ing a real gift fo r making his own lu ck, in [h e old Yankee u adi[i o n, PS wi[h a strong gift for enjoying life and helping o th ers thrown in .
SEA HISTORY 96, SPRlNG 2001