2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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Irénée du Pont Jr.<br />
Wilmington, Delaware<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> Supporter since 1965<br />
Irénée du Pont Jr.’s ties<br />
with the <strong>Museum</strong> and<br />
the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> run<br />
deep. His first memories<br />
of this area date back to<br />
1937 at the Miles River<br />
Yacht Club Regatta. At<br />
age 17, he and a friend<br />
sailed around the harbor<br />
in St. Michaels, tying up at<br />
Navy Point and watching<br />
all the events. Years later,<br />
Irénée met Bronza Parks,<br />
Irénée du Pont Jr. aboard the Barbara<br />
Batchelder in the fall of 2011.<br />
who built the Barbara Batchelder for him and his wife<br />
Barbara, the skipjack's namesake, in 1955.<br />
“I only knew Bronzie for the last two years of his life, but<br />
he was one of those people who was gifted with the ability<br />
to make everybody feel like they were Bronzie Parks’ best<br />
friend. Everybody he met, he made them feel that way.<br />
After our boat was built, my wife and I began making<br />
regular trips to St. Michaels, and then to the <strong>Museum</strong> when it<br />
was created in the 1960s. The <strong>Museum</strong> is a real gem of a<br />
resource on the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong>. I look at all of the good<br />
works it's been doing with programs, exhibits, and outreach<br />
to the community, and I’m impressed.”<br />
“If you’re a stranger to this region of the<br />
world, or you want an introduction to the<br />
<strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong>, then the <strong>Museum</strong> is a<br />
good place to start. What they’re doing,<br />
and not just with restoring the Rosie<br />
Parks, but really, restoring Bronzie’s<br />
legacy, and the legacy of his family, well<br />
it’s an important part of why people<br />
should support and care about the work<br />
that is done here.”<br />
–Irénée du Pont Jr.<br />
Captain<br />
Mike Reagoso<br />
Pasadena, Maryland<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> Supporter since 1988<br />
Growing up, Mike Reagoso<br />
recalls family vacations in<br />
St. Michaels, highlighted<br />
by visits to the <strong>Museum</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Museum</strong> made such<br />
an impression on him that<br />
as an adult, he proposed<br />
to his girlfriend in the<br />
Hooper Strait Lighthouse,<br />
where they later married<br />
in 2000. Now with four<br />
children, Mike and his wife<br />
Susan appreciate the<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> as a place that<br />
Susan and Mike Reagoso were married<br />
on the Tolchester Beach Bandstand in<br />
2000, and now enjoy bringing their four<br />
children to the <strong>Museum</strong>.<br />
inspires and captivates the attention of both kids and<br />
adults, educating them on the rich history of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong><br />
<strong>Bay</strong>. His company, McAllister Towing, is also a sponsor of<br />
the recently opened Push and Pull: Life on <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong><br />
Tugboats exhibit.<br />
“Any place that inspires kids to learn while having fun is a<br />
great place in our book, and the <strong>Museum</strong> does a great job<br />
of this. From the Mister Jim to boatbuilding, to all of the<br />
wonderful static and changing exhibits, the <strong>Museum</strong> has<br />
something for everyone of every age, and what a wonderful<br />
cause to support. When I was first approached to support<br />
the Tug exhibit, I was thrilled to see that others had taken<br />
an interest in the industry where I make my living. To see an<br />
opportunity for others to learn about something I am so<br />
passionate about was tremendous.”<br />
“With the <strong>Museum</strong> being so much a part of<br />
my life since I was a child, the opportunity<br />
to support it and promote the tug and<br />
barge industry at the same time was an<br />
easy decision. Everything I have seen the<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> do has been first class, so if you<br />
are passionate about the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong><br />
and want to support a good cause, this is<br />
the one.”<br />
–Captain Mike Reagoso, Vice President of<br />
Mid-Atlantic Operations for McAllister Towing<br />
Honorable<br />
John C. North II<br />
St. Michaels, Maryland<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> Supporter since 1965<br />
The <strong>Museum</strong> exists today,<br />
in large part, because of<br />
a small group of dedicated<br />
individuals, who were<br />
determined to create a<br />
place where <strong>Chesapeake</strong><br />
history could be preserved<br />
and celebrated.<br />
Judge John C. North II is<br />
one of those individuals,<br />
serving on the original<br />
board of governors, and<br />
as counsel negotiating the<br />
purchase of much of<br />
Judge North holds the Commodore Bartlett<br />
Trophy, which is presented by the <strong>Museum</strong><br />
to the winner of the final log canoe race of<br />
the season. Judge North's log canoe Island<br />
Bird has won eight times since 1972.<br />
the <strong>Museum</strong>’s property. He served as its first vice president,<br />
later its president, and drafted the original articles of<br />
incorporation of the <strong>Museum</strong> in 1968.<br />
“My great-grandfather was William Sidney Covington, who<br />
built the famous log canoes Island Bird and Island Blossom,<br />
which we are fortunate enough to own. The <strong>Museum</strong> has<br />
been a very important part of my life and my family’s life<br />
because so much of my family’s heritage is represented in<br />
the <strong>Museum</strong>’s exhibits. It is, by all odds, the most important<br />
institution of its kind to the entire North family and we<br />
are delighted to continue to endorse and support it to the<br />
fullest extent.”<br />
“The <strong>Museum</strong> is the repository for historical<br />
artifacts and memories of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong><br />
<strong>Bay</strong>. There are other museums on the <strong>Bay</strong>,<br />
of specialized interest, but only this <strong>Museum</strong><br />
incorporates in its vision the necessity of<br />
maintaining the <strong>Bay</strong>’s history and significance<br />
on a very broad scale. It is of paramount<br />
importance to those of us concerned with<br />
the vitality and culture of this area to take<br />
an interest in this wonderful <strong>Museum</strong> that<br />
has developed over the years to a degree<br />
far, far in excess of what I personally<br />
envisioned those many years ago.”<br />
Carol & Bill May<br />
Hutchison Island, Florida<br />
<strong>Museum</strong> Supporters since 1992<br />
Bill and Carol May have<br />
sailed up and down the<br />
East Coast, from Florida to<br />
Lake Ontario, their summer<br />
homeport, for many years.<br />
In 1987, after showing<br />
their boat in the Annapolis<br />
Sailboat Show, they decided<br />
to visit St. Michaels,<br />
and they have made the<br />
town a regular sojourn<br />
during their travels ever<br />
since. In the beginning, their<br />
interest in the <strong>Museum</strong> was<br />
Bill and Carol May with grandkids<br />
Charlie and Kate.<br />
as an inexpensive place to tie up the boat, but over the<br />
years, the <strong>Museum</strong> began to play an increasingly important<br />
role in their lives.<br />
“It’s a magical spot, and we’ve been going north and south<br />
for years and years, and we’ve spent a lot of time on the<br />
<strong>Chesapeake</strong>. The <strong>Museum</strong> has impacted our life quite a<br />
bit—we got to know some of the people at the <strong>Museum</strong><br />
very well, and have become friends. It’s an integral part of<br />
St. Michaels, which we think is a wonderful little town.”<br />
“The <strong>Museum</strong> is important in preserving<br />
history and teaching others about the<br />
<strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong>. And what the <strong>Museum</strong><br />
is doing, not only for history, but really,<br />
indirectly at least, is to make people very<br />
aware of the importance of saving the <strong>Bay</strong>.”<br />
–Bill May<br />
–Judge John C. North II<br />
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