Leadership Award
Purpose: To recognize and honor the dedicated service of those who have served on the Executive Committee.
Eligibility: Person who has served on the Executive Committee and is retiring from the position. Honorees are selected by the Executive Committee months before the annual rendezvous.
Lee Dahlen
Home Port:
Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Served The Club as:
Archivist: 2004 - 2005
Chief Commander: July 2016 - December 2019
Award of Distinction 2012, 2019, 2021
John Rose
Home Port:
Grosse Ile, MI USA
Served The Club as:
Treasurer: January 2018 - December 2019
Alarik Von Hofsten
Home Port:
Värmdö, Sweden
Served The Club as:
Webmaster: 2005 - 2017
Hall of Fame Award 2018
Jim Thomas
Home Port:
Grosse Ile, MI
Served The Club as:
Chief Commander: January - June 2016
Mike Schrage
Home Port:
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Served The Club as:
Treasurer: 2011-2015
Whitney Pillsbury
Home Port:
South Orange, NJ
Served The Club as:
Membership Chair: 2007- 2011
Public Relations Chair: 2011-2012
Current Public Relation Chair
Lyn Orphal
Home Port:
Huntley, IL
Served The Club as:
Treasurer: 2006 – 2011
Robert Cutchins
Home Port:
Served The Club as:
Founding Member
Webmaster: 1999 - 2005
Editor/ Public Relations Chair: 2006-2011
Hall Of Fame Award 2012
Tim Miller
Home Port:
St Charles, MO
Served The Club as:
Board of Governors 2002 - 2005
Award of Distinction 2014, 2017
Paul Pletcher
Home Port:
Served The Club as:
Founding Member, 1999 - 2005
Matt Cowles
Home Port:
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Served The Club as:
Membership Chair: January 2016 - December 2019
Award of Distinction 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021
John Heenan
Home Port:
Statesville, NC
Served The Club as:
Public Relations Chair: January 2018 - December 2019
Darin Haselhorst
Home Port:
Falls Church, VA
Served The Club as:
Treasurer: January 2016 - January 2018
Dick Morland
Home Port:
Elgin, IL
Served The Club as:
Founding Member
Archivist: 1999 - 2005
Chief Commander: 2011-2015
Hall of Fame Award 2008
Award of Distinction 2019
Marcia Elkins
Home Port:
Guntersville, AL
Served The Club as:
Membership Chair: 2011-2015
Scott Anderson
Home Port:
Grosse Ile, MI
Served The Club as:
Chief Commander: 2010 - 2011
Award of Distinction 2009
Chris Orphal
Home Port:
Clinton, IA
Served The Club as:
Chief Commander: 2005-2009
Award Of Distinction 2022, 2023
Lawrence Neisler
Home Port:
Served The Club as:
Board of Governors 2003 - 2005
Curt Radford
Home Port:
Larsen, WI
Served The Club as:
Founding Member, 1999 - 2005
Todd Heinrich
Home Port:
South Haven, MI
Served The Club as:
Founding Member
Treasurer/President: 1999 - 2005