The
2014 Puget Sound Maritime Achievement Award Selection
Committee is accepting nominations for this year’s award to be announced at the
Seattle Propeller Club’s May Seattle Maritime luncheon. The Puget Sound
Maritime Man of the Year award began in 1951 when the newly formed Puget Sound
Maritime Press Association decided to honor maritime leaders deserving special
recognition. The association started the Maritime luncheon as a venue for
presenting the award, which was renamed the Puget Sound Maritime Achievement
Award in 1993, in recognition of the increasingly important role of women
throughout the maritime industry.
Nominations
must be received by April 14, 2014 and may be e-mailed to Rich Berkowitz at rberkowitz@trans-inst.org. Nominations should
include specific achievements of the candidate, particularly those impacting
the Puget Sound maritime community, and a brief biography of the nominee.
Industry segments represented by past recipients include steamship lines and
agents, tug and barge operators, marine architects, passenger and fishing
vessel operators, port authorities, stevedores, and labor. Several paragraphs
about the nominee are sufficient.
You
may also send your nominations for the recipient of the Public Official of the Year Award
recipient. Each year the Seattle Propeller Club recognizes a local elected or
public official whose outstanding work or service has made a significant
contribution to maritime commerce in the Pacific Northwest. A brief summary of
the nominee’s qualifications for the award is welcome.
Contact
Rich Berkowitz at (206) 443-1738 with any questions about either award
nomination.
