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2006 Board of Directors

John M. Bickel , President KDTH, KAT-FM Radio News Broadcaster (retired)
Dr. Jackson Baty Professor - University of Northern Iowa (retired)
Vern Siegworth, Treasurer/Sec. Financial Services Mgr. & Asst. Treasurer, Woodward Communications
Dr. Henry Albers Author and Consultant (retired)
Milt Avenarius Paulson Electric (retired)
Capt. Michael Conklin   Riverboat Captain, Midland Enterprises Barge Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
John Cooke
Ike Hastings Riverboat Captain, High school art instructor (retired)
Don Hattery
Scott Lawlor
Gary Linden
Sandy McDowell Mid-Town Marina, President
Capt. Jack Morehead
Deb Mueller
Carter Newt
Dave Rafoth
Paul Rhines
Doug Schlesier Professor of Art, Clarke College
Robert Staples  
Dave Tschiggfrie  
Capt. John K. Vaughn  
Sue Walz Nursing Supervisor, Mercy Health Center
Helen Kilgore  

2004 National Advisory Board

Capt. William Bowell, Sr. Padelford Packet Boat Co., Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota
Harry Cook President, National Waterways Conference, Washington, D.C.
Jack Custer Editor, The Egregious Steamboat Journal, Louisville, Kentucky
Tom Dunn Gateway Riverboat Cruises, St. Louis, Missouri
Ralph Dupae Murphy Library, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Willard Fouts President, Mid-America Transportation Co., (retired), Belleville, Illinois
Gary Frommelt Horn Blower Marine, Lanesville, Indiana
Dr. William Goetzmann Pulitzer Prize winning historian, University of Texas-Austin
Robert Gray Ashland Oil (retired), Ashland, Kentucky
Bobby Guthans President/CEO, Midstream Fuel Service Inc., Mobile, Alabama
Michael C. Hagan President/CEO, American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Berdon Lawrence Kirby Corp., Houston, Texas
Capt. Charlie Lehman American Commercial Barge Line, (retired), Crestwood, Kentucky
William McNeal Navigational Consultant, New Orleans, Louisiana
Edward Mueller Historian, Jacksonville, Florida

2004 Nominations Research Committee

Dr. Mike Allen U.W. Tacoma, WA
John Barry Award-winning author, Rising Tide
Alan Bates
Capt. William Bowell
Dr. Doug Brinkley
Pat Brunet Library Mgr., Western Wisconsin Tech. College-Lacrosse
Tacie Campbell
James Clark Film and photography consultant, Galena, IL
Jack Custer Editors, The Egregious Steamboat Journal, Louisville
Jerry Enzler   Executive Director, National Rivers Hall of Fame
Dr. William Goetzmann Pulitzer Prize winning historian, University of Texas-Austin
Capt. Clarke (Doc) Hawley Pilot, Delta Queen Steamboat Company