Chairperson Named For Kings Point Museum

Beverly Seeger, a Kings Point resident, has been named chairperson of an advisory committee for the proposed maritime museum at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.

The appointment was announced by Acting Superintendent Thomas A. King, and is the first for the advisory group.

Ms. Seeger is instrumental in the development of Puerto Limon, a free port now underway in Costa Rica. She is one of the administrators of Centraport, dealing with the establishment and operation of a system of industrial parks, zones and foreign manufacturing there.

Married to Hal Seeger, owner of a well-known film studio in New York City, she has served in key executive positions with corporations including Beverly Productions, Inc., a film production company; Op-trix, Inc., a special film effects company; The Parco Company, an international industrial design and development corporation; Parcoplan, Ltd., a petroleum refinery partnership; La Republica, a Costa Rican daily newspaper, and Channel Film, Inc., a partnership with ABC Sports.

The Museum of the American Merchant Marine at Kings Point will permit the public display of the Academy's extensive collection of nautical artifacts, ship models, and marine paintings that are presently distributed in various buildings on the campus.

Included in the Academy's collection are a superb set of paintings by noted maritime artist Hunter Wood, as well as an array of antique sextants and other nautical memorabilia.

The merchant marine museum will serve as the first repository for the Academy's historical artifacts since the museum ship Emery Rice was scrapped in 1958 due to age.

The proposed museum will consist of three sections — the museum proper for historical objects, an area for contemporary Academy displays, and a section for alternating exhibits from companies in the marine field.

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