81st Annual Maritime Gala
The Greater Houston Port Bureau's 81st annual gala will honor the 2010 Maritime Person of the Year, Clyde Fitzgerald, President of the South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District International Longshoremen's Association (SAGCD) for his work on the waterfront. Clyde has spent over 50 years in the Houston maritime industry and during his tenure has done a great deal to strengthen the ILA's traning programs as well as foster the ILA's Partnership for Progress outreach to the port community.
Honoring the 2010 Maritime Person of the Year:
Clyde Fitzgerald - President
South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District ILA
Clyde Fitzgerald - President
South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District ILA
The 2010 gala will feature both a live and silent auction as well as remarks from Clyde's friends and colleagues including Port of Houston Authority Chairman Jim Edmonds, SAGCD ILA President Emeritus Benny Holland, and Harris County Precinct Two Commissioner Sylvia Garcia.
Where: The Houston Club
811 Rusk Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attire: Business
5:30pm - Cocktail Hour
7pm - Dinner
8pm - Presentation
Longshoreman takes the long view
Houston port group will honor union leader
By JENALIA MORENO Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
Clyde Fitzgerald started working on the Port of Houston's docks in 1959, long before giant cranes were used to lift cargo-laden containers out of ships.
"Back then everything we did was brute strength picking up and pulling," said Fitzgerald, now the president of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast district of the International Longshoremen's Association. "All we did was pick up heavy boxes and sacks all day long."
