Herb Weissblum
Herb, a resident of Whidbey Island (WA), is originally from Boston, where for 35 years he practiced law primarily as a business litigator, after obtaining his B.A. from Michigan State University and an LL. B. from Boston University School of Law. He is a veteran of not-for-profit boards, such as the Cambridge (MA) Community Economic Development Corporation, the Cambridge Boys and Girls Club, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, president of the New England Amateur Athletic Union, chairman of the Massachusetts State Boxers’ Fund Board and, as a Korean combat veteran, the boards of military veterans’ organizations. Herb’s interest in maritime history and wooden boat sailing began early, having been raised on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay and Boston’s North Shore. As a youth, he served as a seaman in the U.S. Merchant Marine. One of his current interests, besides his commitment to the NMC/WBF, is collecting museum-quality ship models, mostly sailing vessels.