|  Ben
Koether, Chairman of The Glacier Society, and Rosanne Duane, Esq.,
partner at Edwards & Angell, LLP, presented Jonathan Cole, Esq.,
a recognition award for his Pro Bono services on behalf of the Glacier
Society. Jonathan, partner at Edwards & Angell, LLP, has been
working for the Society assisting in various legal and "venture
Capital" matters.
The Glacier Society intends to restore Admiral Byrd's flagship,
the former USS Glacier, and place her in service in the Arctic serving
the Circumpolar Nations. The Glacier and her all volunteer crew
of merchant seamen, doctors, and research scientists will focus
their efforts delivering greatly needed medical treatment to the
indigenous peoples while seeking clues to disease and the causal
effects of the global warming trend and pollution of the world's
oceans.
The Society maintains offices in FT. Lauderdale, Stratford, CT,
and plans to home port the ship
in Anchorage Alaska.
The Founder, Ben Koether, noted that Jon is just one of over 300
professional persons from London, England to New Zealand who are
working to raise the 200 million dollars needed to make this program
a success.
"However, he is a very special addition to the core team
composed of Captain Phillip W. Porter, Jr, the Commanding Officer
of Glacier when Ensign Koether served as the ships Navigator in
1959., and other Brown men".
All three men are graduates of Brown University and plan to sail
the ship into Palm Beach flying the Brown University Flag sometime
in the future.
Visit www.glaciersociety.org or phone
561-543-1288 or 203 375-6638 for more information
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