Steven Haverty

Great Lakes Steamship Society President and founder Steven Haverty is a 7-year veteran of sailing the Great Lakes as a deckhand, watchman, and wheelsman.   He has extensive knowledge of the workings and maintenance of a vessel from his time as a crew member, as well as having been a shipkeeper during winter layup, and a member of the crew on a large scale vessel conversion project.  A longtime maritime enthusiast, Mr. Haverty has spent over 20 years collecting artifacts, photographing, and studying Great Lakes maritime History.  On top of being an amateur historian, and avid boat watcher, most of his other hobbies include history or antiques in some form or another, with the desire to save and preserve history anywhere he can.

Richard Jenkins

An avid maritime historian and longtime proponent of steamship and railroad preservation, Richard Jenkins has been actively involved with several railroad and maritime preservation groups, and has worked aboard historic ships including the Tattershall Castle in London and the William A.  Irvin in Duluth. He currently works as a website designer and developer in Boston.