At the annual meeting of the Association, the membership shall have the opportunity to recognize individuals who have made significant, extraordinary, and exemplary contributions to the programs and activities of the Association and the M.I.T. Sailing Pavilion through voting to bestow the M.I.T. Nautical Association Service Award. The current membership, guided by the spirit and example of previous selections, may use any criterion it wishes, remembering that a) the award may be presented to any friend of M.I.T. sailing, b) the award is not intended to recognize members of the Executive Committee or Pavilion staff for the normal performance of their duties, c) the award need not be presented every year or limited to one person per year, d) the award shall be presented to an individual only once.
The following list shows the outstanding MITNA members who have been recipients of the “Hatch Brown” M.I.T. Nautical Association Service Award since 1964. The current Executive Committee is working hard to ensure this list is complete, but please contact us if you find any omissions or mistakes.
2023
Anselmo Cassiano Alves
Zachary Berzolla
2022
Francis Charles
2021
Yichi Zhang
2020
No award given
2019
Joe Zambella
John Keck
2018
Bill Harrington
Gary Lifton
Mark Throop
2016
Scott Dynes
2015
No award given
2014
No award given
2013
Ted Young
Keith Winstein
Kenneth Sovie
Tim Shepard
2011
Patrick Joyce
2007
Alvar Saenz-Otero
2005
Karen Wepsic
2003
Melitta King
2002
Bashar Zeitoon
2000
Stephen Slivan
1999
Jon E. Lendon
Grant Harris
1998
John C. Pratt
1997
Susan M. Ostrowski
1996
Matthew B. Wall
1995
H. Hatch Brown
1994
Kyle Welch
1993
Dwight Brown
1992
Ellen Lee Pratt
1991
Corey Baker
Eric Gibber
1990
Sharon Flanagan
1989
Janet Garman
1988
John Alba
1987
Nick Makris
1986
Peter Stasiowski
1985
Steve Ellis
Marianne Mc Gonigal
1984
Marco Hanig
Jim Gottwald
1983
Peter Volante
Josko Catapovich
1982
Stu Nelson
1980
Sally Huested
1979
Robert Collier
1978
Don Fellows
1977
Maria Bozzuto
Kevin Sullivan
1976
Tom Hutchins
1975
George Warren Smith
1974
Henry Hall
1973
Bill Upthegrove
1972
Glenda Ganny
1971
Roy Lobdell
1970
Terry Cronburg
1969
Robert Hobbs
1968
Ned Lenson
1967
Ed Shaw
1966
George M.C. Dowell
1964
George Buck
Richard Pober