DECK LOG National Maritime H istorical Society-On the Move 007 has already been an active year for your Society. We continue to travel, meeting members around the co untry. At the Annual Meeting with the North American Society for Oceanic History in May, NMHS members voted in two new trustees-Captain Cesare Sorio and Philip Shapiro. Our program chairman and treasurer, Ronald Oswald, was voted in as chairman; H . C. Bowen Smith was elected the new treasurer; and Deirdre O 'Regan, Sea History editor, and Nancy Schnaars, membership director, became new NMHS vice presidents. During the conference presentations, hundreds of attendees learned more about the important role of the merchant marine, both in history and at present. In addition, NMHS board members accepted new challenges. For example, Bob Kamm took over the job of membership chairman. He set to work NMHS members who attended the Annual M eeting in M ay immediately, organ!Zlng enjoyed museum and harbor tours in New York. Pictured NMHS booths at several (1 to r) during the H idden Harbor Tour on the East River are boat shows and festivals editor, Deirdre O 'Regan, with trustees Cesare Sario, Bob Kamm, up and down the eastern Burchie Green, Walter B rown, Steven Jon es, and Ron Oswald. seaboard, spreading the word of our work in preserving our maritime heritage and signing up new members. The Chesapeal<:e Bay Antique and Classic Boat Festival at the C hesapeal<e Bay Maritime Museum, the WoodenBoat show at Mystic Seaport, and the Antique Boat Show and Auction at the Antique Boat Museum in C layton, NY, were among some of the events in which NMHS participated . Tom Daly is chairing a new audit committee, while Walter Brown and David Fowler work to compile a new business plan. Ph ilip Webster, new development co-chairman with David Fowler, has jumped right in with ambitious plans to get NMHS on a more stable financial footing. Among his projects is a drive to recruit corporate sponsorship. Our new program chairman Cesare Sorio anticipates a busy fall season, starting with our participation at the 8th Maritime Heritage Conference at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, which includes a reception (cash bar) for members on 10 October aboard "HMS " Surprise (ex-"HMS Rose'') . Members who can join us should call 800-221-6647, ext. 0, to make reservations. John M cDonald and Dan Green and the Annual Awards Dinner Committee are busy with plans for this year's gala event, 25 October at the New York Yacht C lub, which will h onor artist John Mecray, NMHS President Emeritus Peter Stanford, and "The Captain John Smith 400 Project." Members who would like to attend should reserve early, since we anticipate another sold-out affair. At the boat shows, many new and long-time members have dropped by the NMHS table or joined us at the receptions to talk about what is important to them about the Society, providing us with valuable feedback. We are especially grateful to the many readers of Maritime Life and Traditions who have so warmly welcomed us into their homes with appreciative comments and with good suggestions for future features. With this autumn issue, we welcome the members of the Maritime Museum of San Diego as new members of the Society and look forward to meeting them at our table and reception at the Maritime Heritage Conference in October.
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-Burchenal Green, NMHS Presid ent
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NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHER'S CIRCLE: W ill iam H . White
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OFFICERS & TRUSTEES : Chairman, Ron ald L. O swald; Vice Chairman, Richardo R. Lopes; President, Burchenal G reen; Vice Presidents, Deirdre O'Regan, Nancy Schnaars; Treasurer, H . C. Bowen Smith; Secretary, 111omas F. Daly; Trustees, Paul F. Balser, Walter R. Brown, David S. Fowle r, Philip ]. Shapiro, Cesare So rio, V irginia Steele Grubb, Rodney N . Houghron, Steven W. Jon es, Robert Kamm, Ri chard M. Larrabee, G uy E. C. Ma itland, John R. McDonald Jr., James J . McNamara, Howard Slotnick, Bradford D. Smith, Philip ]. Webster, Wi ll iam H . White; Chairmen Emeriti, Walter R. Brown, Alan G . C hoate, Guy E. C. Ma itland, C rai g A. C. Reyno lds, Howa rd Slomick; President Emeritus, Peter Stanford FOUNDER: Karl Kortum (1917- 1996) OVERSEERS: Chairman, RADM David C. Brown; Walter C ronkite, C li ve C ussler, R ichard du Moulin, Alan D. Hutchiso n, Jakob Isbrandtsen, John Lehman , Warren Marr, II, Brian A. McAl lister, John Srobart, Wi ll iam G . Winterer NMHS ADVISORS: Co-Chairmen, Frank 0. Braynard, Melbourne Smith; D. K. Abbass, George F. Bass, Francis E. Bowker, Oswald L. Bren, RADM Jose ph F. Callo, Francis J. Duffy, John W. Ewald, T imothy Foote, Wi ll iam Gilkerson, Thomas Gillmer, Walter J . Handelman, Steven A. H yman , Hajo Knuttel, Gunnar Lund ebe rg, Joseph A. Maggio, Conrad M ilster, William G. Mull er, Nancy Hughes Ri chardso n
SEA HISTORY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Chairman, Timothy J. Runya n; Norman J. Brouwer, Robert Browning, W illiam S. Dudley, D ani el Finamore, Kevin Foster, John 0. Jensen, Joseph F. Meany, Lisa Norling, Ca rla Rahn Phi ll ips, Walter Rybka, Quentin Snediker, Will iam H . White NMHS STAFF: Executive Director, BurchenaJ Green; M embership Director, N an cy Schnaars; Director of Marketing, Steve Lovass-Nagy; Marketing & Executive Assistant, Julia C hurch; Accounting, Ji ll Romeo; Store Sales & Volu nteer Coordinator, Jane Maurice
SEA HISTORY: Editor, Deird¡e O 'Regan; Advertising Director, Wendy Paggiotta; Editor-at-Large, Peter Sta nford ; "Sea History for Kids" is edited by D eirdre C R egan
SEA HISTORY 120, AUTUMN 2007