26 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, June 9 - June 15, 1995
C',apt. Paul Ives
Capt. Paul Lane Ives of Lewes
and Wallingford, Pa. recently re-
ceived the 1995 Spirit of the Port
Award from the Seamen's Church
Institute.
Headquartered in Philadelphia,
the Seamen's Church Institute
serves the
ports of the
Delaware
River and its
seafarers.
According
to a program
from the
award cere-
mony which
was held
Wednesday, IVES
May 3, the
Seamen's Church Institute oper-
ates around the clock, seven days
a week. "SCI annually tends the
practical, moral, work-related and
spiritual needs of over 40,000 sea-
farers from 90 nations and all the
world's religions - both aboard
ship and on shore.
SCI's ship visitation program
(5,000 boardings each year), free
wins Spirit
transport program (22,000 annual-
ly), and international telephone
service (6,000 'calls home' a year)
are among the largest in the na-
tion."
The Spirit of the Port .ward
goes annually to the person who
epitomizes the "Humanity" and
"Spirit" of the Port of Philadel-
phia and Camden.
In bestowing the award, the
Seamen's Church Institute made
the following comments about
Ives:
"A devoted family man, a faith-
ful churchman, an enthusiastic
chorister, a committed Mason,
and a dedicated yachtsman, Paul
Ives has lived by his human val-
ues during his more than 30 years
of exemplary service to our re-
gion's maritime industry and to
the people who make up that in-
dustry.
"After his graduation from
Johns Hopkins University in 1951
and subsequent U,S. Army service
to his country, Paul Ives has de-
voted his entire professional ca-
reer to the betterment of our port.
Carper to address senior citizens today
"the Port Award
"Paul Ives has held many lead-
ership roles in his profession: the
presidency of the Pilots Associa-
tion for the Bay and River
Delaware from 1989 to 1993, and
a trustee of the American Pilots'
Association for 30 years.
He served as Commissioner of
the Philadelphia Regional Port
Authority, chairman of the Joint
Executive Committee, and as
board member of the Maritime
Society, Maritime Exchange, Pen-
jerdel Council and the Port of
Wilmington Maritime Society
among many others."
Ives is the seventh recipient of
the Spirit of the Port Award. Sea-
men's Church Institute has been
in existence since 1843.
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