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This publication may not call 508 997-0046 ext. 150 or visit www.whalingmuseum.org. be reproduced in whole or part without the expressed written consent of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Museum is fully accessible WHALIN RD G O M F D U E S E B U W M E N O N 3 0 E 0 H 2 U ~ N 03 DR 19 GUIDANCEED Y EONARS YOUR FINANCIAL JOURNEY Private client services for you, your family, and your business. Assurance Tax Advisory Investment Advisory Services offered through CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. 508-441-3300 | cliftonlarsonallen.com ©2013 CliftonLarsonAllen LLP elcome WIncoming Trustees a year in review James G. DeMello Maryellen Shachoy A resident of Dartmouth, James G. DeMello is a graduate A resident of Marion, Maryellen Sullivan Shachoy gradu- 1. Volunteer Bill Renehan plays President George of Northeastern University and the Wharton School of ated from Marymount College and attended Westfield Washington at the Presidents’ Birthday Business at Pennsylvania State University. He is the for- College University of London, the London School of Celebration. mer CEO of Acushnet Company and the former owner Economics, and Harvard University. Maryellen managed volunteers and coordinated special events at Massachu- 2. Members of the weaving collective Oxib’ and President/CEO of Acushnet Rubber Company. B’atz demonstrate the backstrap loom during Active in the community, he is an advisory board mem- setts General Hospital and WGBH. She also served as the Tejela: Weaving Stories, Weaving Lives ber of Saint Luke’s Hospital, Polyneer, Incorporated, the Finance Director for the Massachusetts Democratic Party exhibit opening. University of Massachusetts, and Portuguese United for Education, Inc. He has and the Dukakis for President Campaign. She has served on the Board of Direc- also served as the Deputy Sheriff of Bristol County. tors for the League of Women Voters and American Cancer Society and volun- 3. The Heroes in Bronze: The 54th Regiment in teers for the United Way, WGBH/Channel 2, and St. Rita’s Church in Marion. Words, Music, and Art program celebrated the Llewellyn “Louie” Howland III Maryellen is also a member of the Beverly Yacht Club, New York Yacht Club legacy of the Massachusetts 54th regiment. The Board heartily welcomes Louie Howland back for and The Bay Club. 4. Artist Dora Atwater Millikin installs a painting his fourth term! Long-time Chair of the Scholarship Gurdon B. Wattles in the Working Waterfront exhibit. and Publications Committee and active member of the Returning to the Board after two terms as Second Vice- Collections Committee, Louie has shepherded countless 5. Brothers Henry and William Keene (general Chair, Gurdon B. Wattles is an ardent champion of the publications to print and actively guided the Museum’s manager and president respectively), of Edson Museum. During his career, Gurdon served as President collecting policy. A resident of Jamaica Plain, Louie is the International, inspect the fittings on the new of the former American Manufacturing Company and half-scale Azorean whaleboat, built for the sole proprietor of Howland and Company, an antiquar- Safety Railway Service Corporation and was a director of Museum’s Azorean Whaleman Gallery. ian bookseller. He has also written and lectured extensively on maritime history the former Eltra Corporation. He has frequently acted as and maritime art, most recently a biography of William Starling Burgess, yacht 1 6. Governor Deval Patrick meets the a catalyst to bring important Museum projects and initia- designer, avian pioneer, and naval architect. Museum’s apprentices. tives to bear, specifically the Wattles Gallery, the Apprenticeship Program, and the Education Center and Research Library. Gurdon serves on the board of the 7. Portuguese Ambassador Nuno Brito visits Jaoquim “Jack” Livramento Newark Museum (NJ) focusing on arts and sciences. He has also served on the the Museum. Born and raised in New Bedford, Jack Livramento Audubon Society of RI Board and the Sea Research Foundation Board including attended the New Bedford Institute of Technology and 8. Professional ice carver Thomas Brown poses Mystic Aquarium, the Ocean Exploration Center and Jason Learning under Dr. received a master’s degree from Southern Massachusetts with his work on the Museum Plaza during the Robert Ballard. Gurdon brings his passion for education and devotion to history University. He primarily worked as a chemist at the Arctic Visions exhibit opening. and culture to charitable organizations up and down the northeast coast. Gurdon Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Springborn and his wife, Kathy, reside in Little Compton, RI. 9. The Museum’s apprentices celebrate the opening Laboratories Inc. in Wareham. Jack is deeply involved in of the Voyage Around the World exhibit. the New Bedford community, serving as a member of the Liturgy Committee at Our Lady of the Assumption Church and taking a leader- 2 3 ship role with United Interfaith Action. A member of the New Bedford School Committee since 2011, Jack credits his success to the education he received from hank you 4 5 New Bedford Schools and would like to see high quality educational opportuni- Outgoing Trustees ties given to younger members of the community. T Hon. Phillip Rapoza Phillip Rapoza is the Chief Justice of the Massachu- Candida Rose Baptista setts Appeals Court. He was appointed to that position in 2006 after 15 years of judicial service on the District Candida Rose Baptista joined the Board in 2010 Court, Superior Court and Appeals Court. In 2011, he and was an active member of the Cape Verdean received the President’s Award from the Massachusetts Advisory Committee. Prior to her Trusteeship, she Bar Association for his contributions to the judiciary represented New Bedford in three ECHO Perform- 6 and legal profession. Chief Justice Rapoza is active in ing Arts Festivals. The Board looks forward to fol- various international justice endeavors. In 1997, he co-founded the Commis- lowing her professional career and commends her 7 sion for Justice Across the Atlantic and for six years chaired a series of bilat- spirit and dedication to the performing arts. eral programs with the Portuguese judiciary. In 2002, the President of Portu- Thomas G. Davis gal awarded him the rank of Commander in the Order of Prince Henry the Thomas G. Davis joined the Board in 2010. Ex- Navigator for “promoting closer relations between the judicial systems of our ecutive Director of the Greater New Bedford In- two countries.” He has also participated in and led international justice efforts dustrial Foundation, Tom lent his business acumen in East Timor, Haiti, and Cambodia and has served on two UN-backed war and management experience to the organization. crimes tribunals. He currently serves as President of the International Penal and Perhaps most importantly, Tom utilized his expe- Penitentiary Foundation, headquartered in Switzerland. A Dartmouth native, Chief rience with the SouthCoast Educational Improve- Justice Rapoza graduated magna cum laude from Yale College and received his ment Foundation and the Global Learning Charter law degree from Cornell Law School. 8 9 Public School to forward the Museum’s educational mission. John N. Garfield, Jr. Reflections k 1 2 3 The stars have been in alignment these past four years. Our Museum has grown in stature and has prospered. Its wealth and depth of collections, scholarship, exhibitions, education and outreach has grown. As I hand over the chairmanship to Judge Armand Fernandes, I wish to convey my sincere thanks to and congratulate our entire museum community for four remarkable years. I like to joke that when Chair Janet Whitla on its core responsibilities. The staff in turn called me on a winter’s evening in 2008 to ask achieved a surplus in our budget for each of if I could step into an interim CEO capacity these four years, all while navigating through with the transition following former president one of our nation’s worst recessions. The change Anne Brengle’s departure, my main qualifica- is transformative — in 2009 we were receiv- tions were that I was a trustee and unemployed, ing over 35% of our funding via government having recently sold my business. The transi- sources. Today, our budget is about the same, 4 5 6 tion was made easier by the guidance from yet we have reduced that to less than 1%. Such 1. Presenting an award at the 2012 Moby Dick Marathon 2. John and Seth Garfield at the both Janet and Cal Siegal, and the outstanding is the “new normal” for us and likely other Museum’s Bermuda Shorts and Knobbly Knees Fundraiser 3. John with Museum supporters support I received from the board and staff. non-profit organizations. This education program would wither were it not for the thousands Jack Braitmayer and Gurdon B. Wattles 4. John and Museum Trustee Cile Hicks 5.