b'MEMBER NEWSCaptain Clarke Doc HawleyAug. 1, 1935Nov. 12, 2022 R iverboat legend Clarke Doc Hawley passed away in New Orleans in No-vember at the age of 87. Captain Haw-ley was extremely well known in the passenger vessel industry having spent his entire career aboard some of the most iconic riverboats on the Western Rivers. His extensive experience on the rivers started aboard the famed excursion vessel Avalon, which later became the Belle of Louisville,whereheplayedthecalliopeand sold popcorn in the early days. He earned his masters license and was captain of the famed Delta Queen and later the steamboat Natchez.Gordon Stevens, president, CEO, and co-own-er of the New Orleans Steamboat Company paidtributetoCaptainHawleybysaying, I worked with Doc for 46 years here at New OrleansSteamboatCompany.Thebestde-scription I would use to describe this unique rivermanisthatCaptainDocHawleywas truly a renaissance man. Doc was the most ac-complished and knowledgeable riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River system in our times; he played the calliope, painted beautiful signs, wrote letters and even his logbooks in calligra-phy; he was a recognized river and steamboat historian. He worked at antique auction houses and stores, and he mentored many future cap-tains. He was a Rhodes Scholar and was a witty and charming gentleman. It was an honor to call him my friend.Inadditiontohisfameasacalliopeplayer, CaptainHawleywasarenownedstoryteller who possessed an extensive repertoire of stories about life on the rivers. Always a dapper dresser, Captain Hawley was well known for regularly wearing a signature sports coat and bow tie. AmemorialserviceforCaptainHawleyis scheduled on Saturday, Jan. 21 aboard the New OrleansSteamboatCompanysCityofNew Orleans (time to be determined).43 DECEMBER 2022'