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ILYA Bilge Pullers History & ILYA Hall of Fame
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Inland Lake Yachting Association Hall of Fame
The ILYA Hall of Fame was organized in 2002, the brainchild of Bilge Puller’s past Admiral Dick Casper. To date, thirty ILYA competitors and contributors have been honored in the Hall of Fame.
The process of electing an honoree is an elegant one and begins with nominations from any ILYA member. These nominations are forwarded to any ILYA Past Commodore, or any Bilge Puller’s Past Admiral. From there, nominations go to a screening committee and, if qualified, are placed on the ballot as either an outstanding contributor or an outstanding competitor. The ballot is then sent to all Bilge Puller Past Admirals and ILYA Past Commodores who are then asked to vote.
In addition, qualified nominees from the first half-century of the ILYA’s existence can be placed into the Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the Historian Committee. This committee, made up (no surprise here) of Past Admirals and Past Commodores, seeks to fill the void where the memories of our current electors leave off.
2004 Inductees
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2004 Inductees:
Art Best, Cedar Lake (Wis.) Yacht Club
John Buckstaff, Oshkosh Yacht Club
John O. Johnson, White Bear Yacht Club
Ed Malone, Oshkosh Yacht Club
Harry “Buddy” Melges, Jr., Lake Geneva Yacht Club
Maynard Meyer, Pewaukee Yacht Club
Jack Ordway, White Bear Yacht Club
William “Curley” Perrigo, Pewaukee Yacht Club
John Pillsbury, Jr., Minnetonka Yacht Club
Ernst Schmidt, Lake Geneva Yacht Club
Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, Lake Geneva Yacht Club
John W. Taylor, White Bear Yacht Club