http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/remembering-the-national-aquarium%e2%80%99s-first-champion/ A Blog for the National Aquarium Community Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/remembering-the-national-aquarium%e2%80%99s-first-champion/#comment-4556 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:46:57 +0000 http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/?p=2749#comment-4556 Mayor Sheafer was a great mayor and governor and a driving force behind the urban renovation of Baltimore, however I do have to set the record straight on how he learned that the aquarium opening would be delayed. Frank Gunther and I had regular meetings with the mayor and city officials throughout the construction phase and it was Frank and I that had to “break the news” of the delay. Frank and I “took the heat” that day in the mayor’s office and assured him that we would do everything in our power to insure that the aquarium would open in August, which actually turned out to be better for focusing attention on the facility and leading to the record setting attendance of the first year.

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]]> http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/remembering-the-national-aquarium%e2%80%99s-first-champion/#comment-1045 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:07:53 +0000 http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/?p=2749#comment-1045 He was a wonderful man who did so much for the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland.

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