2011– 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Ellen & Norm
Plummer
Chestertown,
Maryland
Museum Supporters
since 1967
Ellen and Norm
Plummer have long
shared an interest in
yachting, boating,
and all things
maritime, which led
Ellen & Norm Plummer
them to join the
Museum. They visited St. Michaels regularly from Washington,
DC, and after retiring in 1988 became loyal, longstanding
volunteers. They play a pivotal role in researching information
and photos for various Museum publications, books,
and exhibits. Norm wrote three books and several Weather
Gauge articles, and Ellen spent countless hours on photographic
research, most notably for the “Oystering on the
Chesapeake” exhibit, and the much-loved cookbook, From a
Lighthouse Window.
“I became interested in the Museum
because I believe in history; this is local
history, but it’s also a part of our national
history. I think the more people know
about our history, the better off we’ll be.
And not just big events, but what the
ordinary people did, and how they lived.”
–Ellen Plummer
“The Museum matters to me because it’s an
important institution for the Chesapeake
region and it is doing everything it can to
keep alive the history of the Chesapeake
and particularly the history that’s connected
to the watermen and all of the things that
watermen do, like crabbing and oystering,
and so forth.”
–Norm Plummer
Clark Johnson
Worton, Maryland
Museum Supporter since 2010
Clark Johnson and his wife
Karen purchased their boat
in 1996 and one of the very
first trips they ever took was
to St. Michaels. They loved
the town and their kids
always had a fun time at the
Museum. They continued to
visit St. Michaels over the
years and recently came
back for OysterFest.
“The time that really made
an impression on me was
about two years ago. We
were with another couple
and it was really bad
weather and I was on the
boat, which was anchored
out a ways, and my wife
Clark recently claimed his prize in the
Museum's Boating Party fundraiser cannon
raffle, saying “Truly I have only once in my
life won a lottery pick. It was in 1966 when
my local draft board picked me as a lucky
winner for the position in the US Army. I
was in the artillery units, so I know what a
cannon is all about!”
Karen was caught on the shore and I couldn’t hear them, I
didn’t have the radios on or anything.
Karen is a diabetic and she had to get back to the boat and
one of the shipwrights at the Museum offered to take her
back to the boat. I came back to the shore soon after and
joined the Museum, and this shipwright was just a very nice
person, and we were impressed that there are still people in
the world like that.”
“A little bit after that, I started contributing
monthly and I have ever since. We support
the Museum because it’s just a really nice
thing to do and especially if you live in
Maryland, you should support the Museum.
It’s the heritage of Maryland. It’s the
heritage of the Eastern Shore, and there
is just no other place like it.”
–Clark Johnson
chesapeake bay maritime museum
honor roll of donors
We extend our sincere appreciation to our donors for their gifts during last year’s fiscal year (May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012),
including donations to the Museum’s Annual Fund, the tax-deductible portion of the Boating Party Fundraising Gala,
contributions for capital or special programs, lifetime memberships, and gifts to the Museum’s endowment funds.
We simply couldn’t do what we do without your generous support. Please consider donating to our 2012-2013 Annual
Fund using the envelope found on page 12. Thank you!
Admiral Of the Sea
($50,000 and above)
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. CG Appleby
Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Griffith
Mr. & Mrs. Tom D. Seip
Admiral of
the Chesapeake
($25,000 to $49,999)
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones, II
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Kreindler
Mr. & Mrs. Langley R. Shook
Admiral of
the Fleet
(10,000 to $24,999)
Mr. & Mrs. George P. Eysymontt
Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Gipe
Mr. Christopher A. Havener
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Kimberly
Ms. Joan Murray
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Prager
Mrs. J. Thomas Requard
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Robertson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Snowdon
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Spire
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Stansbury
Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.
Mr. Alfred Tyler, 2nd
& Ms. Cleo Braver
Admiral
($5,000 to $9,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Antwerpen
Mr. Cecil F. Backus, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bedford
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Bodorff
Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Burton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes III
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Hopkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Israel
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. McClure, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Millar
Honorable & Mrs. John C. North II
Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Perkins
Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Plummer
Mr. Bruce A. Ragsdale
& Mr. Richard G. Scobey
Mr. David Ross & Dr. Krista Ross
Mr. & Mrs. John Thomas Smith II
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stevenson
Mr. & Mrs. Jack P. Stoltz
Commodore
($2,500 to $4,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Duane W. Beckhorn
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Brickman
Mr. & Mrs. James O. Burri
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin T. Frana
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Freedlander
Mr. & Mrs. Earl A. Furman
Capt. & Mrs. Richard Gupman, USCG (Ret.)
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L. Hammonds
Mr. & Mrs. Albert I. Hawk
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Hawkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Jana
Capt. & Mrs. Christopher T. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. McGuiness
Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Meendsen
Mr. G. Paul Moates
& Ms. Constance A. Sadler
Reverends Mark & Abigail Nestlehutt
Mr. & Mrs. Willard D. Nielsen
Mr. Robert D. Nobel
& Dr. Cecilia V. Nobel
Mr. John M. Pinney
& Mrs. Donna F. Cantor
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Reville
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Robillard
Mrs. Jean E. Sener
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Sparks
Ms. Lucy I. Spiegel
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Stafford
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Walworth
Mr. & Ms. Tom Whalen
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Wolf
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Wyman
Captain
($1,200 to $2,499)
Mrs. Virginia I. Albert
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Alnutt
Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Bevard
Ms. Audrey E. Brown
Mr. Richard P. Carrion
Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Chambliss
Dr. & Mrs. Albert A. Del Negro
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Devou
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Dudley
Mr. & Mrs. Dixon L. Duffett
Mr. David E. Dunn
& Ms. Amy Bondurant
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fichtner II
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Finan, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James Franzoni
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Granville
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Green
Mr. Frederick C. Haab
Mr. Leeds Hackett
& Ms. Victoria McAndrews
Mr. & Mrs. E. Brooke Harwood
Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Hewes
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon A. Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Kaufman
Mrs. Margaret D. Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lawrence
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Lindinger, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Sperling Martin
Ms. Virginia M. Martus
Ms. Elizabeth C. Moose
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Hamish Osborne
Mr. Thomas H. Parks
& Dr. Judith E. Parks
Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Ricketts
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Roberts
Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Steuart II
Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Stobbart
Mr. Jefferson S. Strider
Mr. Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Weisburger
Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr.
Mr. Bruce B. Wiltsie
& Mr. William L. Davenport
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Yost
Commander
($500 to $1,199)
Judge & Mrs. George H. Aldrich
Mr. & Mrs. J. Peirce Anderson
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