
Larry Wright is a national gold medal award winning photographer who has been involved with lighthouse preservation since 1991. He was on the Board of Directors for the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association based in Mackinac, Michigan, for 20 years. Larry has co-written four books about lighthouses on the Great Lakes along with his wife Pat. They are The Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia; Bonfires and Beacons; Bright Lights, Dark Nights; and Lightships of the Great Lakes.


Larry is currently working on a project called Chronicles of Lighthouses on the Great Lakes. The chronicles have now exceeded 9,000 pages and when finished, Larry says it will be about 12,000 pages. The Chronicles will be housed at a number of universities and non-profit museums and lighthouse organizations.
Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, executive director of Presque Isle Light Station in Pennsylvania, co-hosts.
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U.S. Lighthouse Society Historian Jeremy D’Entremont is the author of 24 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. He is a past president of the American Lighthouse Foundation and founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and he has lectured and narrated cruises throughout the Northeast and in other regions. He is also the producer and host of the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s weekly podcast, “Light Hearted.” He can be emailed at Jeremy@uslhs.org
Good afternoon, Mr. Larry Wright! With my wife, Mary, we are the Volunteer Coordinators for an organization called North Shore School for Seniors ( http://www.nss4s.org ) based in the Greater Milwaukee (Wisconsin) area. We develop and present a wide variety of excellent classroom opportunities for seniors. Our rate of success in serving the senior population of our service area has been exemplary (false modesty aside!).
I write to ask if you might happen to know of someone in our vicinity who might be willing to present a class or session (one or more, up to four a Term) on LightHouses of the Great Lakes! We are a not-for-profit organization, and therefore have no resources to pay our instructor / presenters. Most, almost all, enjoy the experience and the opportunity to give something back to the community and the great people we serve.
The average age of our “student population” is probably 60. We have many 70 and 80-year old attendees, even a man who has surpassed 100, and who greatly enjoys the interesting and educative sessions we offer, not to mention chances, in his words, “to get out of the house and enjoy something different, interesting and instructive….”
Huge and sincere thanks for your kind consideration of this message and request!
Special Note: Our own activities and those of our Board of Directors are provided without compensation. Our next, or spring sessions begin March 10 and 11. Our classroom sessions are held on Mondays and Tuesdays, the latter being the more popular day of the week for our student / attendees!
Joel Kriofske
Volunteer Coordinator
North Shore School for Seniors
http://www.nss4s.org
414-405-0606
joelkrio@gmail.com
Hi Joel – I suggest that you email Larry directly at lighthousesontario@gmail.com. Thanks!