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Washington Island Ferry CEO Dick Purinton to Speak at DCMM Program
By Door County Maritime Museum
Nov 23, 2011 - 8:31:48 AM
Winter is rapidly approaching so it seems appropriate the Door County Maritime Museum’s 2011-2012 Speaker Series kicks off Tuesday night, Nov. 29, with Richard Purinton presenting a program centered on winters on Washington Island.
This initial program on Nov. 29 will provide an excellent holiday shopping opportunity with the museum’s gift shop open for business and a book signing opportunity with the evening’s featured speaker.
Purinton, who serves as the CEO for the family-run Washington Island Ferry Line, is an award-winning author, having penned three books related to the Island. His book “Over and Back – A History of Transportation to Washington Island” earned an Award of Merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society after being released in 1991. More recently he authored “Words on Water – A Ferryman’s Journal” in 2009 and last year “Bridges Are Still News – Island Essays, Poems and Photos” was released.
Purinton was born and raised in Sturgeon Bay, graduating from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1965. Like his father Harry, Purinton is an active sailor. He honed his sailing skills as a crew member for Pat Haggerty’s Palmer Johnson sloop, Bay Bea. Purinton graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Journalism degree in 1970 before entering the United States Navy.
He began working as deckhand for his father-in-law Arnie Richter’s Washington Island Ferry Line in 1974. Purinton has held various positions with the ferry line including general manager and president, a position currently held by his son Hoyt. As CEO, Purinton said has had more time to pursue side interests and writing projects.
The Speaker Series continues the first three Thursdays in January, February and March with programs relating to repowering of a 1,000-ft. ore carrier; an update on work at Bay Shipbuilding; and the War of 1812 and its impact on the Great Lakes. The series concludes on Thursday, March 29, with a program on the Museum’s hugely popular boat building program.
All of the programs begin at 7 p.m. at the Sturgeon Bay museum. They are free of charge and open to the public with donations appreciated.
For more information contact the Museum at 920-743-5958 or visit www.dcmm.org.
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