Founders
The USS Constitution Museum was incorporated in 1972 as a non-profit educational organization to meet the “need for the fuller display and interpretation of the ship and her meaning to the United States.” The Museum temporarily opened in a building directly adjacent to the ship (Building 10, which houses the Shipyard Galley today). With the leadership and financial support of many prominent and public-spirited citizens, the Museum was able to open its doors to the public in April 1976.
Founding Trustees
Officers
RADM Joseph C. Wylie, USN (Ret.), President
James H. Ballou, Vice President
Peter B. Seamans, Treasurer
Ralph H. Doering, Jr. Assistant Treasurer
Leon F. Kaufman, Secretary
Trustees
Jason A. Aisner, Esq.
Anthony Athanas
Robert P. Greaves
Andrew A. Hunter
CAPT J. Richard Lamere, USNR
Mrs. Richard T. Lyman
W. James McDonald, Esq.
Sherman Morss
Founding Honorary Trustees
Charles Francis Adams
Hank Ketchum
The Honorable John W. McCormack
RADM Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR (Ret.)
The Honorable Leverett Saltonstall
Advisory Board
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Richard A. Berenson |
Edward B. Hanify, Esq. |
J. Hampden Robb |