DECK LOG Sea History Editorial Advisory Board Established e are pleased to announce with this issue the new Sea H istory Edi to rial Advisory Board, established to provide a depth of background in a wide range of regions and fields of maritime study. The Society has long relied on our advisors, overseers and honorary trustees whose knowledge, interest and counsel have guided the Society in m any crucial decisions. O ur Edi torial Advisory Board will be used exclusively for Sea History, to aid us in con tin uing our goal of ass uring each article's relevance, accuracy, and significance. Dr. Timothy J. Run ya n of East Carolina University will chair the board. Dr. Runyan is auth or of To Die Gallantly: the Battle of the Atlantic, European Naval and M aritime H isto ry, and Ships, Seafaring and Society: Essays in Maritime H istory, among his many publi cations. Dr. Runyan was edi to r of The American Neptune fro m 19901995, a founder and trustee of the Great Lakes Museum of Science, Enviro nment and Technology, president of the Great Lakes H istorical Society from 1985-95, and chairman of the National Maritime Alliance and Na tional Maritime H eritage Grants Advisory Committee. No rman J . Brouwer is the form er senior curator of So uth Street Seaport, and is the auth or of The International Register ofH istoric Ships. Dr. Roberr M. Browning Jr. is the Chief Historian of the US Coast G uard and the editor of the International j ournal of Naval History. H e is autho r of M oments in H istory, From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil Wtzr and Captains ofthe Port. Dr. William Sheldon Dudley is the immediate pas t directo r of Naval History fo r the US Navy D epartment, director of the Naval Histori cal Center, curator fo r the Navy and coordinator of Navy m useums. D r. Daniel Finamore has been the Russell W Knight C urator of M aritime Art and History at the Peabody Essex M useum since 1993 and is the editor of M aritime H istory as World H istory. Kevin J. Foster is C hief of the Natio nal Mari time Heri tage Program with the National Park Service. Dr. John O din Jensen is a fac ul ty m ember of the Frank C. M unson Institute of American Maritime Studies at M ystic Seaport and an adjunct professor of maritime histo ry at the University of Rhode Island. H e also teaches interdisciplinary M aritime Studies at the Sea Education Association in Woods H ole, M assachusetts . D r. Joseph F. M eany Jr. is the fo rmer acting state historian fo r New York State and is the program chairman for the Norrh American Society fo r Oceanic History. D r. Lisa No rling is an associate professor of history and an adjunct member of Ameri can studies and wo men's studies fac ulty at the University of M innesota. She is the author of Captain Ahab H ad a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery 1740-1870, and co-editor of Iron M en, Wooden Women: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-192 0. Captain Walter Rybka is Senior Program D irector of the Erie M aritime Museum and senior captain of US Brig Niagara. Captain Quinten Snedi ke r is the director of the H enry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport. N MHS Trustee W illiam H . Whi te is the author of The Greater the H onor and The 1812 Trilogy. H e will also serve as the liaison to the Board ofTrustees. Additional information and photographs on the members of the Editorial Advisory Board can be fo und on NMH S's website at www.seahistory.org. We are honored to have our new advisors aboard and BuRCHENAL GREEN look fo rward to their counsel. Executive Vice President
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Ll oyd Wa rn er, Chairman of the Na uti cal Research Gu ild, has a special offer fo r NMH S members in recognitio n of our new jo int N MHS-NRG Mo del and Research Awa rd . H e will give NM H S memb ers an intro du ctory one-yea r membe rshi p to the G uild for $25, a $ 10 sav ings. T heir qu arterly publica tion N autical Research journal is th e pree min ent publica ti o n for ship modelbuilders of eve rything from ancient ga ll eys to nucl ear- powe red warship s. T he articles are illustra ted with archi va l and modern pho tographs, vesse l plans, and technical drawings. We highly reco mmend their fin e organi zati on an d publica tio n. To join, phone 585 968-8 111 and m ention this in tro ductory offer.
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