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The gift was initiated by Jeffrey Pollock of Houston, Texas, a master\u2019s degree candidate in the Global Logistics and Maritime Management program.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA gift of this magnitude from a student is a first for Maine Maritime Academy, and we\u2019re immensely grateful, and proud,\u201d said President Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>The Herman D. Pollock Family Foundation, of which Jeffrey Pollock, his brother Russell Pollock, and their mother Lois Geyer are Trustees, was established to fulfill Herman\u2019s wish to gift some of his wealth to a charity of the family\u2019s choosing. Herman was Jeff and Russell\u2019s great uncle, and he died when the brothers were young, but they remember going with their father, Gary, to bring a check from Herman\u2019s estate to the Salvation Army around Christmas time. \u201cIt was fun to give money away,\u201d remembered Jeff. The brothers and their mother inherited the responsibility of gifting final assets from Herman\u2019s estate when Gary died. The family set up the foundation to fund maritime initiatives, and the gift to MMA will be the final gift to be disbursed from the foundation, which will be closed later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve all been sailors our whole lives,\u201d said Jeff Pollock. \u201cGiven Bowdoin\u2019s legacy, I wanted to help, and to see this classic wooden sailing ship keep making history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The schooner Bowdoin was launched in 1921 as a specially designed Arctic exploration vessel for Donald B. MacMillan. Bowdoin was acquired by Maine Maritime Academy in the late 1980s and soon after was designated a National Historic Landmark and the Official Vessel of the State of Maine. The ship has made 28 trips above the Arctic Circle; 25 under the command of MacMillan and three captained by Academy faculty and staff. Students in MMA\u2019s Vessel Operations and Technology (VOT), Small Vessel Operations (SVO), and other programs navigate and maintain the 88-foot tall ship as part of their at-sea training. Maine Maritime Academy is the only college in the United States with a dedicated sail training program that leads to a U.S. Coast Guard license as mate on an auxiliary sail vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign is to celebrate the Bowdoin in excellent condition on her 100<sup>th<\/sup> birthday in 2021, and to keep her exploring, sailing and training for another 100 years,\u201d said Campaign Director, Kay Hightower of Castine. \u201cTo get there, we will fund the replacement of the ship\u2019s deck (along with other repairs that will become evident once the old deck is removed), which will cost approximately $600,000; and we will strengthen the ship\u2019s endowment by $1,000,000 in order to protect and preserve her in perpetuity. We are well underway, and we have an outstanding group of people helping with the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bowdoin Centennial Campaign Cabinet includes: Co-Chair Capt. G. Andy Chase, Co-Chair Alexander Watson, Fred Atkins, Capt. Bill Cowan, Capt. Cate Cronin, Capt. Dave Fenderson, Lawrence Kaplan, Matthew P. Murphy, Capt. Alec Schoettle, Capt. John Worth, and Capt. Heather Stone. Honorary Cabinet Members include (to date): former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis, Dr. Pete Rand, Phineas Sprague Jr., Dr. Ed Morse, and Gordon Bok. For more information about the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, please contact Kay Hightower at 207-326-8932 or kay.hightower@mma.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 18 degree programs in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented programs of study. Maine Maritime Academy was ranked the #1 Best Public College on <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/collection\/moneys-best-colleges\/\">Money magazine\u2019s Best Colleges list<\/a> published in August of 2014. The college\u2019s persistence, retention and graduation rates are well above national averages, and the job placement rate is in excess of 90 percent within 90 days of graduation. For more information, visit mainemaritime.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASTINE, Maine\u2014Dr. William J. Brennan, president of Maine Maritime Academy, announced today that the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign\u2014a $1.6-million-dollar fundraising campaign launched by the Academy in November of 2014\u2014received a lead gift of $500,000 from the Herman D. Pollock Family Foundation. 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