Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. and Jennifer Stanley
Founder and President of The Robert Bowne Foundation
12 fulton street, schermerhorn row galleries, 4th floor
lower manhattan
6:30 p.m.
cocktails with hors d’ouevres catered by The Cleaver Company
documentary video on rocking the boat produced by Peter Slack, Godfather Productions
7 p.m.
award presentation
8 p.m.
private viewing of current exhibits, including model ships and vintage photographs of the lower east side, in the 3rd floor galleries
the whitehall award
In creating The Whitehall Award, Rocking the Boat is proud to recognize leaders in the fields of experiential education, environmental activism, and youth development. The honor is named for the distinctively elegant and practical wooden boat design that forms the majority of Rocking the Boat’s hand-built fleet. The Whitehall represents a “golden period” of maritime design and craftsmanship, its reliable and beautiful form remaining largely consistent since 1690.
Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. founded The Robert Bowne Foundation in 1968. He worked at Bowne & Co., the worldwide financial printing company, from 1949 to 1981, serving as Chief Executive Officer for 25 years. In 1975, Mr. Stanley and the Bowne Foundation sponsored the restoration of a building at the South Street Seaport Museum that in many ways duplicates Bowne & Co. in the 1850s. In 1981, Mr. Stanley began a second foundation, Town Creek Foundation, which is dedicated to a sustainable environment, a strong democracy, and a peaceful world.
Jennifer Stanley
Jennifer Stanley has served as President of The Robert Bowne Foundation’s Board of Trustees since 2001. She is founder and director of Oxford Kids Camp in Oxford, MD; she also founded and continues to direct the Oxford Community Center’s afterschool program. Mrs. Stanley currently is President of Town Creek Foundation and serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations including the Oxford Community Center, the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
celebration committee
Lisa Stewart Garrison, Chair
Elissa Devins
Jennifer Maldonado
Jassen Trenkov
Jose Vargas
celebration sponsors
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