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2025 Scholarship Recipients
Thanks to our sponsors and membership's generosity and support, the Propeller Club, Port of Galveston on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, was able to present a check for $13,000 to the Texas A & M Maritime Academy Scholarship Fund for 2025. (check pictured was mis-labeled) Pictured are the recipients along with several of our board members. Thank you to our sponsor for the evening, Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton.
We thank all our sponsors and members for their continued support of this worthy cause and the Propeller Club, Officers, and Board of Governors thanks YOU!
Want to contribute? You can make a student scholarship donation online!
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WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR SPONSORS AND MEMBERSHIP
We could not have accomplished it without our dedicated membership, sponsors, and guidance from all of our past and present officers and board members. We wish to thank all of our sponsors over the past 20 years, most of whom have supported us over that time at many of our functions over this period.
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A1 FIRE PROTECTION
AIR & SEA ENVIRONMENTAL
AMATO LINEHANDLERS
AMERITECH ENVIRONMENTAL
ANSELL & ANSELL CPA
ATTORNEY JONATHAN C. KIESCHNICK
BROOME WELDING & MACHINE SHOP
CALLAN MARINE, LTD.
CHS LAUNCH SERVICE
COASTAL HYDRO SERVICES
COMMISIONER JOE GIUSTI
CONSTABLE JIMMY FULLEN
DANA INDUSTRIAL
DEL PAPA DISTRIBUTING
DELASCO INC.
DIENST DISTRIBUTING
DSW HOMES
DUNN EQUIPMENT
DUNN HEAT EXCHANGERS
EDWARD JONES
FARMERS COPPER & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY
FRED MOORE SUPPLY
FRIENDS OF THE PROPELLER CLUB
FROST BANK GALVESTON
GALVESTON LABORATORIES
GALVESTON RAILROAD L.P.
GALVESTON TEXAS CITY PILOTS
GEOTEST ENGINEERING
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GULF COPPER DRY-DOCK & RIG REPAIR
H.L. & P.
HOMETOWN BANK OF GALVESTON
HOTEL GALVEZ
HYDRA U.S.
IMPERIAL SUGAR
ITS CALEB BRET
J & J TELECOMMUNICATIONS
J.W. KELSO CO.
JACK BROWN INSURANCE
JUDGE ANNE B. DARRING
KENMORE ELECTRIC
MALIN INTL SHIP REPAIR
MARINE WASTE SERVICE
MAXIM CRANE WORKS
MOODY NATIONAL BANK
PALMS LIQUOR
PIER 77 YACHT SERVICE
PORT OF GALVESTON (GALVESTON WHARVES)
PROSPERITY BANK
RANDALLS MARKET
RELIANT ENERGY
REPRESENTATIVE MAYES MIDDLETON
ROLLS ROYCE MARINE
SHELMARK ENGINEERING LLC
SHERIFF HENRY TROCHESSET
SMITH HAMM, INC.
SMITTY’S BAIT & TACKLE
SOUTH ATLANTIC & GULF COAST DISTRICT ILA
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ENGINEERING & INSPECTION
SUDERMAN STEVEDORES
TEXAS FIRST BANK
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS
THE SPOT ‘ISLAND FAMOUS”
THE WATERS GROUP (ALAN & YOLANDA WATERS)
THINOPS MARTIME & AVIATION SERVICES
UNITED STATES MARTIME SERVICES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WHEAT OPPERMAN PLLC
A History of Service - Since 1922
The Propeller Club, Port of Galveston presented a donation of $20,000 to the Galveston Seafarers Center at its December 11, 2024 dinner event.
Pictured at the presentation are H.L. “Bubba” Smith, Ian Smith, Eddit Janek, William Shuster, Micah Morris, Noah Rice, Theron Phifer, Jim Lewis (Galveston Seafarers Center), Mike Ziesemer, Jane Marie Phillips (Galveston Seafarers Center), Albert Choate, Erik Stramblad, and Eric Froeschner.
The Propeller Club was conceived in 1922 as an ever-growing group of maritime professionals who met informally each day over lunch to discuss issues of the industry. As the group became too large for casual conversation, speakers began to be invited to address the group. Growth continued, and in January of 1923 the “Propeller Club of the Port of New York” was formed, with thirty-three in attendance choosing the name and scheduling regular meetings.
The membership comprises a cross-section of the maritime industry throughout the United States and in many cities overseas. The Propeller Club is particularly well equipped to promote, further, and support the merchant marine. “Propeller” in the name refers to the propulsion of ships and is symbolic of the driving force required to communicate the need for an adequate, privately-owned merchant marine for both overseas and domestic commerce.
Today, the International Propeller Club of the United States is an international business network dedicated to the promotion of the maritime industry, commerce, and global trade. There are more than 80 ports in maritime cities around the world, including almost 30 in foreign cities.