The American Maritime History Project is an independent entity of knowledgeable persons working to expand understanding of our rich maritime history and its future. The Project operates from an office on the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.

Board of Directors

Virgil R. Allen
Vice President
USN Memorial Foundation

Charles Dana Gibson
Maritime Historian, Author
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Albert J. Herberger
VADM, USN (Ret)
Former Maritime Administrator (1993-1997)

Captain Warren G. Leback
Former Maritime Administrator

Dr. Gary A. Lombardo
Professor of Marine Transportation
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Eliot H. Lumbard, Esq. (Chair)
Attorney

Dr. Warren F. Mazek
Professor of Marine Transportation
Former Academic Dean
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Thomas J. Patterson
RADM, USMS (Ret)
Chairman & CEO, SS: Jeremiah O’Brien

Ellsworth L. Peterson
President, Peterson Builders, Inc. (Ret)

Anthony P. Romano, Jr. (Treasurer)
Marine Engineer
Chair & CEO, Gibbs & Cox, Inc. (Ret)

George J. Ryan
President, Lake Carriers Association (Ret).

Fred S. Sherman
Maritime Consultant, Managing Partner
Management & Transportation Associates, Inc.

James H. Yocum
Investment Advisor


Advisory Board

Peter A. Aron
President
Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Dr. George Billy (Secretary)
Librarian
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Frank O. Braynard
Maritime Historian, Author, Lecturer
Curator Emeritus, American Merchant
Marine Museum, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Ret.)

Dr. Jane P. Brickman
Professor of History and Head of Humanities Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Dr. Charles R. Cushing
Naval Architect
President, C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.

Jose Femenia
Professor and Head of Engineering Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Past President, SNAME

Donald W. Forster
Marine Engineer

Reginald M. Hayden, Jr., Esq.
Maritime Attorney
Former Chair, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Assoc., Inc.

John Hightower (Ret.)
Former President, Mariners’ Museum

Edward V. Kelly (Ret.)
Vice President, American Maritime Officers

Robert H. Kiefer
Engineer

Guy E.C. Maitland, Esq.
Managing Partner International Registries, Inc.

Dr. Karen E. Markoe
Chair, Dept. of Humanities
The Maritime College
State University of New York

John Maxtone-Graham
Maritime Historian, Author, Lecturer

Lauren S. McCready
RADM USMS (Ret)
Former Prof. and Head of Engineering Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Captain Arthur R. Moore
Maritime Historian, Author

Captain Charles M. Renick
USMS (Ret)
President Emeritus
American Merchant Marine Museum
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

George R. Searle
Past National President
American MM Veterans (WWII)

James T. Shirley, Jr., Esq.
Maritime Attorney
Former Chair, USMMA Alumni Assoc., Inc.

 Brian D. Starer, Esq.
Maritime Attorney

 Joseph D. Stewart
VADM, USMS
Superintendent
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Captain Eric Y.Wallischeck
Assistant Superintendent for Planning, Assessment and Public Affairs
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Thomas Wilcox
Director
New England Genealogical Society
Former President, Maine Maritime Museum


History Informs the Future