ADM Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret.)
In 2012, ADM Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret.) was awarded with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award. We recognized his many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner journal: Born in Chicago, Illinois,…
Read MoreFrank O. Braynard & OpSail
Frank Osborn Braynard (1916-2007) is well-known for achieving “Op Sail76,” the parade of tall ships and naval vessels that filled New York Harbor in celebration of our nation’s Bicentennial. Braynard…
Read MoreAdmiral Sir Johnathan Band GCB DL
In 2012, Admiral Sir Johnathan Band GCB DL was awarded with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award. We recognized his many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner journal: Sir Johnathan Band…
Read MorePeter Stanford (1927-2016)
Peter Stanford was a Navy veteran of the Second World War; even then, David Hooper, a fellow serviceman, remembered that Peter was “ship mad, always mad for ships.” Peter went…
Read MoreCapt. Karl Kortum
Karl Kortum, dean of the historic ships movement, was raised on a farm in Petaluma, California. The Kortums were a proudly independent family of predominently German stock, who had been…
Read MoreJames W. Cheevers
In 2010, James W. Cheevers was awarded with the Robert G Albion/James Monroe Award at the National Maritime Awards Dinner. We recognized his many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner…
Read MoreClifford D. Mallory Jr. & Mystic Seaport Museum
Capt. Walter Rybka
Since receiving the Rodney N. Houghton Award in 2012, I continued to work as the senior captain of the US Brig Niagara, sailing as relief captain up to five weeks…
Read MoreMatthew Stackpole
Following the publication of my Sea History article in 2011, I continued as Ships Historian and a major Gifts Officer for the Charles W. Morgan project, giving presentations and soliciting…
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