schooner M. F. Merrick and the steel freighter Etruria. Project Shiphunt was created by Sony and Intel to "inspire a group of kids to embrace science and technology with the ultimate product demonstration, discovering a sunken ship," using Sony VAIO laptops powered by 2nd Gen Intel" Core™processors. Five students from Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw and maritime archaeologists,
high school science and history teachers. The project represents the first time Thunder Bay shipwrecks have been filmed in 3D, and the team is working to incorporate the new data into the exhibits at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena, MI. See video and more information on Project Shiphunt online at http:// discover.store. sony. com/ shi phun ti. (NOAA Thunder Bay NMS, 500 W Fletcher St., Alpena, MI 49707; http:// thunderbay.noaa.gov) ... Undergraduate professors and instructors, take notice-the application deadline for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) "Enduring Questions" grant is 15 September. NEH offers grants of up to $25,000 to support the
development of an undergraduate course on an enduring question. Enduring questions are questions to which no discipline, field, or profession can lay an exclusive claim. The course is to be developed by one or more (up to four) faculty members, bur not team taught, and may be taught by faculty from any department or discipline in the humanities or by faculty outside the humanities (i.e., astronomy, biology, economics, law, mathematics, medicine, psychology), so long as humanities sources are central to the course. (For details, contact the staff of NEH 's Division of Education Programs at enduringquestions@neh.gov; Ph. 202 606-8380; www.neh.gov/grants/ guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html) J,
National Sailing Hall of Fame First Class of Inductees, 2011 Yer Vang, a 10th grader from Arthur Hill High School, looks on as Dr. James Delgado, director of NOAAs Maritime Heritage Program, points out a potential shipwreck from side scans ofthe lake bed. historians , and scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), and NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory worked together on the quest. The 138-ft. schooner M. F Merrick was lost when a passing steamer struck her in a dense fog off Presque Isle in May 1889. Laden with a cargo of iron ore, the 230-foot Rufus P Ranney hit the M. F Merrick on her starboard side and opened a hole 12-feet wide in the old schooner. The M. F Merrick was loaded with sand at the time, and she sank immediately, taking five crewmen with her. In February of 1902, the Etruria was launched by West Bay City Ship Building Co. in Michigan for the Hawgood Transit Company of Cleveland and also came to her end after colliding with another vessel in fog, off Presque Isle Light. Project Shiphunt will be chronicled in a documentary that will be released on 30 August. Sony and Intel Corp. are also partnering with the Sanctuary team on a comprehensive educational curriculum for 46
Catching up to 200 years of sailing history in the US, the National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame (NSHOF) recently announced the names of 15 sailors who will make up the inaugural class of inductees in the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Candidates for the honor must have made a "significant impact on the growth and development of the sport in the United States in the following categories: sailing, technical, and contributor." Posthumous nominations were also accepted. NSHOF was formed in 2005 and is working towards establishing a permanent facility in Annapolis, Maryland. National Sailing Hall of Fame inductees (living) : US Sailing Disabled Sailing Team Coach and 5-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Betsy Alison (Newport, RI) ; surfboard industry pioneer Hobie Alter (CA); 1998 Whitbread Round-theWorld Race winning skipper Paul Cayard (Kentfield, CA); 4-time America's Cupwinning skipper Dennis Conner (San Diego, CA) ; naval architect and America's Cup-winning skipper Ted Hood (Portsmouth, RI); sailor, aurhor, and Emmy awardwinning sailing commentator Gary Jobson (Annapolis, MD) ; 1972 Soling Olympic gold medalist Buddy Melges (Zenda, WI); 1968 Star Olympic gold medalist and founder of North Sails Lowell North (San Diego, CA); and America's Cup-winning helmsman and 4-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Ted Turner (Atlanta, GA). National Sailing Hall of Fame inductees (posthumous) : TransAtlantic Race record setter Capt. Charles "Charlie" Barr (Marblehead, MA) ; naval architect Capt. Nathanael G . Herreshoff (Bristol, RI); 2-time America's Cup-winning skipper Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, Jr. (Greenwich, CT); the 1st-ever singlehanded world circumnavigator and noted writer Joshua Slocum (San Francisco, CA); yacht designer Olin Stephens (Hanover, NH); and 3-time America's Cup-winning skipper Harold S. Vanderbilt (New York, NY). The NSHOF is a not-for-profit educational institution "dedicated to preserving the history of the sport and its impact on American culture; honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of sailing; the teaching of math, science and American history; inspiring and encouraging sailing development; and to providing an international landmark for sailing enthusiasts." Starting in 2014, the number of inductees each year will not exceed five sailors. (NSHOF, 67-69 Prince George St. , Annapolis, MD 21401; Ph. 410 295-3022; www.nshof.org) SEA HISTORY 136, AUTUMN 2011