Marine Industry Lifetime Achievement Award in Memory of Charles Chapman
The Marine Industry Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual whose contributions have made an enduring impact on the recreational marine manufacturing industry.
Recipients of this award demonstrate excellence in one or more of the following areas:
• Commitment through sustained involvement and leadership in the industry
• Impact through innovation, design, safety, environmental practices, policy development, or expanding public access
• Leadership as a business owner, association leader, educator, or advocate
• Community Service that benefits the boating public, including efforts in access, safety, education, or advocacy
• Promotion of Boating through media, events, education, or outreach that increase awareness and appreciation for the boating lifestyle
Whether their influence has been felt over years or in a shorter, transformative span, recipients leave a legacy that reaches beyond their own organization, elevating the broader marine industry.
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1995: Robert Cox, Chairman of the Board, Lauderdale Marina, Inc.
Robert Cox
The 1995 Charles Chapman award was presented to Robert O. Cox, who made a lifelong career of promoting and protecting the marine industry as an ocean racer, marina owner and nautical professional engineer who went into politics.
Cox embarked on a lifelong career of promoting and protecting the industry and other civic activities on a local, state and national level. Cox founded and was an early president of Marine Industries Association of Broward County; he is also former chairman of the Marine Advisory Board of Ft. Lauderdale, a former member of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council of the U.S. Coast Guard and past chairman of the Shipyard Museum in Clayton, NY.