Evening includes cocktails, seated dinner, live auction for support of HRMM programs, and raffle drawing.
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Honoring
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Fran Dunwell recently retired as the Hudson River Estuary Coordinator at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, a position she held since 1984.
In that role, she managed the implementation of the state’s Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda and its $6.5 million annual budget. The Estuary Program organizes many partners to conserve the tidal Hudson and the extraordinary natural heritage of its watershed using programs founded in science and implemented in ways that support the quality of life of the Valley’s citizens.
Prior to working for DEC, she was Executive Director of the Center for the Hudson River Valley and then Associate Director of Scenic Hudson. Dunwell has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from Kirkland College. Dunwell is also the author of two award- winning books - The Hudson River Highlands (1991) and The Hudson: America’s River (2008).
In that role, she managed the implementation of the state’s Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda and its $6.5 million annual budget. The Estuary Program organizes many partners to conserve the tidal Hudson and the extraordinary natural heritage of its watershed using programs founded in science and implemented in ways that support the quality of life of the Valley’s citizens.
Prior to working for DEC, she was Executive Director of the Center for the Hudson River Valley and then Associate Director of Scenic Hudson. Dunwell has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from Kirkland College. Dunwell is also the author of two award- winning books - The Hudson River Highlands (1991) and The Hudson: America’s River (2008).
Please join us in honoring Fran at our 2022 Pilot Gala!
Staff and Board of Trustees,
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Staff and Board of Trustees,
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Unable to attend? Consider making a donation in honor of Fran Dunwell, to support our mission & programs.
Solaris Charter Raffle
Whether you are able to attend our 2022 Pilot Gala or not, consider purchasing a raffle ticket for our Solaris Charter Raffle!
The winner of this raffle will receive a 1-hour private charter on our 100% solar-powered tour boat, Solaris, for up to 18 people in the 2023 season. This raffle item is valued at $500 in the 2023 season. Tickets can be purchased here at $20 for a single ticket or $50 for 3 tickets. The drawing will be hosted during the 2022 Pilot Gala on September 18th.
The winner of this raffle will receive a 1-hour private charter on our 100% solar-powered tour boat, Solaris, for up to 18 people in the 2023 season. This raffle item is valued at $500 in the 2023 season. Tickets can be purchased here at $20 for a single ticket or $50 for 3 tickets. The drawing will be hosted during the 2022 Pilot Gala on September 18th.
About the Venue
Tumbling down the slopes of Slide Mountain in the Catskill Mountains, the Esopus Creek traverses across Ulster County to join the Hudson River at the Port of Saugerties. In its original incarnation, Diamond Mills, our venue for the 2022 Pilot Gala, was among the multitude of mills that thrived along the Esopus Creek and other tributaries of the Hudson River.
During the busy 19th century industrial era, Hudson Valley waterfalls powered mills, which produced lumber, iron, gunpowder, white lead, leather tanneries, and paper. These materials as well as bluestone, brick, and harvested ice were transported by sloops, schooners and steamboats from ports like Saugerties to markets all along the Hudson River, and often eventually to New York Harbor. Over the decades, passengers also traveled on the Hudson by sail and steamboat, ferried back and forth from Saugerties and other river ports to New York City, for business and pleasure.
The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries.
During the busy 19th century industrial era, Hudson Valley waterfalls powered mills, which produced lumber, iron, gunpowder, white lead, leather tanneries, and paper. These materials as well as bluestone, brick, and harvested ice were transported by sloops, schooners and steamboats from ports like Saugerties to markets all along the Hudson River, and often eventually to New York Harbor. Over the decades, passengers also traveled on the Hudson by sail and steamboat, ferried back and forth from Saugerties and other river ports to New York City, for business and pleasure.
The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries.
Image: Esopus Falls and the Martin Cantine Paper Mill (now Diamond Mills) Saugerties, NY, circa 1910.
2019 Pilot Gala in Pictures
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