TY - BOOK AU - Achenbach,Jerry AU - Swaney,Ann ED - Northwestern Michigan College. TI - Northwestern Michigan College's Great Lakes Maritime Academy: 50 years of history SN - 9781950659296 AV - VK525 .G74 A34 2019 PY - 2019///] CY - Traverse City, Mich. PB - Mission Point Press KW - Great Lakes Maritime Academy KW - History KW - local KW - Merchant marine KW - United States KW - Seamanship KW - Study and teaching N1 - The Beginning -- Les Biederman, Early NMC, & Proposals for a Maritime Academy -- Opposition from Organized Labor -- GLMA: Les' Dream Becomes a Reality -- The Allegheny -- Some Early Cadet Memories -- Short History of Female Cadets at the Academy -- Curriculum -- The S/S Edmund Fitzgerald -- The Training Ship State of Michigan -- A New Campus -- Advisory Groups & Final Thoughts ER -