

Great Lakes Marine Hall of Fame

Valley Camp Ship
The Great Lakes Hall of Fame is dedicated to the memory of those explorers, inventors, shipbuilders, sailors, and countless others who have made a contribution of exploration and development of the Great Lakes through the eras of sail, steam, and present. Their bravery, their talents, and their ideas have powered the development of the Great Lakes transportation system, thus opening the heart of North America to settlement and commerce. The skill and dedication of these people and thousands of others was needed to fulfill the tremendous potential of the Great Lakes.
2018 Marine Man of the Year Induction Dinner
DINNER: Friday, September 7, 2018 at 7:00pm at Kewadin Casinos Whitefish Point Room.
TICKETS: $45.00 ~ R.S.V.P. by August 31, 2018.
2018 Marine Man of the Year Mark H. Ruge
We are looking for Sponsorship Partners
Bronze $500
- Sponsorship listing in “The Ship’s Bell” Newsletter and Mariner Dinner program
Silver $1,000
- Sponsorship listing in “The Ship’s Bell” Newsletter and Mariner Dinner program
- VIP access to Museum Ship Valley Camp
Gold $2,500
- Sponsorship listing in “The Ship’s Bell” Newsletter and Mariner Dinner program
- VIP access to Museum Ship Valley Camp
- VIP Sponsorship Listing-Mariner Hall of Fame
Platinum $5,000
- Sponsorship listing in “The Ship’s Bell” Newsletter and Mariner Dinner program
- VIP access to Museum Ship Valley Camp
- VIP Sponsorship Listing –Mariner Hall of Fame
- VIP Sponsorship Plaque- Mariner Hall of Fame
THE MARITIME MAN OF THE YEAR
2018 — Mark H. Ruge — K&L Gates
2015 — Captain William A. Hoey III (Posthumous) — Gaelic Tugboat Co. & Diamond Jack’s River Tours
2015 — Captain Jack Purvis — Purvis Marine, Ltd.
2013 — Captain Scott F. Bravener — Lower Lakes Towing, Ltd.
2011 — Mark J. Rohn — Grand River Navigation Company
2009 — Robert F. Dorn — The Interlake Steamship Company
2009 — Dewey P. Aston (Posthumous) — The Interlake Steamship Company
2007 — Davis Helberg — Duluth/Seaway Port Authority
2006 — George J. Ryan — Lake Carriers’ Association
2005 — John G. Tanner — Great Lakes Maritime Academy
2004 — Captain F. “Skipper” Manzutti (Posthumous) — Manzutti Marine
2004 — Wesley R. Harkins — Fraser Shipyards, Inc.
1993 — Captain John P. Wellington — Wellington Maritime
1983 — Thomas Manse — Le Sault de Sainte Marie Historical Sites, Inc.
1979 — Howard F. Andrews — Carryore Ltd.
1977 — Eugene “Shine” Sundstrum — Soo Evening News
1976 — Honorable John Black Aird — Algoma Central Railway
1975 — James R. Barker — Moore-McCormack Resources, Inc. (Pickands Mather)
1974 — Christian F. Beukema — U.S. Steel Corporation
1973 — Oliver T. Burnham — Lake Carriers’ Association
1972 — Stoddard White — Detroit News
1972 — John Wellington McGiffin — Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd.
1971 — George M. Steinbrenner III — American Shipbuilding Company
1970 — Vice Admiral James A. Hirshfield — Lake Carriers’ Association
1967 — Henry G. Steinbrenner — Kinsman Marine Transit Company
1965 — Captain Thomas F. Harbottle — Pittsburg Steamship Co.
1964 — John D. Leitch — Upper Lakes Shipping Company
1963 — Merril E. Kingsbury — Wilson Marine Transit Company
1962 — Captain Robert Scott Misener — Scott Misener Steamship Company
1961 — Vice Admiral Lyndon Spencer — Lake Carriers’ Association
1959 — Commander Elmer J. Bodenlos — U.S. Coast Guard
1958 — Colonel Loren W. Olmstead — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1957 — Alexander T. Wood — Wilson Marine Transit Company
1956 — Harold L. Gobeille — The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
1955 — John J. Boland — American Steamship Company