Our Society’s
highest award, The 2011 Medal of Merit, will be
presented on Sunday, May 1st to THE SEA
CHEST editor Ron Burke and his wife, Connie.
Ron will complete
his tenth year as the editor of THE SEA CHEST in
2011. For those ten years as editor, and many years
previously as an editorial board member, Ron has made a
major contribution to the preservation of our maritime
history and rendered very distinguished service to the
Society. Connie is and has been of invaluable
assistance to Ron in his duties as Sea Chest editor.
THE SEA CHEST
has been the Society’s major attraction for recruiting
new members and the retention of present members.
Producing the quarterly publication is mainly the
efforts of a number of the Society’s members working in
their homes and offices. It is a cooperative project of
the Editorial Board but by far the greatest amount of
work is contributed by the editor. It is his duty to
plan issues, recruit and review articles, and coordinate
with the editorial board members. Ron and Connie have
also devoted hundreds of hours rendering superb drawings
and maps to compliment articles. Under their leadership
THE SEA CHEST made major graphic changes this
year and the result is now a beautiful color
publication.
Congratulations
to The Burkes.
