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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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2002: R.C. “Dick” Rowe, Chairman and President, Indmar

Dick Rowe

For over 50 years, Dick Rowe has committed himself to the recreational marine industry, providing industry leadership through product development, legislative advocacy and his 30-year relationship with NMMA. Thanks to Mr. Rowe’s guidance INDMAR is the world’s largest manufacturer of gasoline inboard engines, operating state-of-the art plants.

An active participant in the industry’s annual Legislative Conference for over 20 years, Dick has helped influence State and Federal legislation ensuring appropriate marine industry regulation well past 2010.

Dick has personally donated engines for use in the Southwest Research testing programs for proper emissions rules development: industry and government leaders credit him with involving the USCG, the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB), in developing reasonable regulations regarding catalytic converters and other emissions controls. One of the initial supporters of NMMA PAC, he frequently represents NMMA and his industry colleagues on government issues, nationally and abroad.