Aſt er twenty fi ve years as a trial attorney Dan Pariser turned his hobby into a new career. For the past 15 years he has been a professional model shipwright and has built and restored pieces for maritime museums from North Carolina to Boston, including the collection of the FDR Presidential Library. Dan has been Conservator of Ship Models at South Street Seaport museum in NYC and volunteered his time as a Director of the NRG and an offi cer of the New York Shipcraſt Guild and the Ship Model Society of New Jersey. He lives with his wonderful wife, Joyce, and dotes on his eight grandchildren, always trying to get them interested in our fascinating hobby.