BIOGRAPHY
Harold M. Wick, the eldest of Henry and Camilla's children, was not quite thirteen when his father died in 1910. By 1913 he was working as a Janitor, probably to help with the family expenses.  However, by 1923 he had already made a name for himself becoming one of the founders of the New York Propeller Club.

"The Propeller Club idea was first conceived in New York in 1922 when a small group of men engaged in the marine industry, gathered frequently at luncheon to discuss mutual problems and the future of American shipping. As a result of the World War I shipbuilding program, there were a large number of vessels available, and the most pressing problem was how to make the best use of them. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 had pointed the way - it provided for the sale of government owned ships to both citizens and aliens, and directed the United States Shipping Board to determine and establish world trade routes 'for the promotion, development, expansion and maintenance of the foreign and coastwise trade of the United States.'  The original group expanded and on January 24, 1923 formal organization took place. The Propeller Club of the "Port of New York" was established - the keel of the Propeller Club of the United States which was founded four years later, on Nov. 9, 1927.The name "Propeller" was chosen as being emblematic of the driving force."

Harold had a long and successful career in the maritime industry as noted in the following articles from the New York Times.

Harold Wick was one of the original dozen members who founded the New York Propeller Club in 1923.  He served as its first secretary and was a member of its first board of governors.  The New York Club was the first unit in the Propeller Club of the United States, a group devoted to the promotion and expansion of the American merchant marine.  [Excerpted from NY Times, May 14, 1959]

In November, 1959, The Society of Naval Architects "honored Harold M. Wick, assistant vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping, for service to the organization. Rear Admiral Albert G. Mumma, Navy retired, president of the organization, presented to Mr. Wick a certificate of appreciation for nineteen years of service as a member of various committees of the society, among them the chairmanship since 1946 of its national public relations committee."  [NY Times, Nov. 15, 1959]

Harold Wick retired June 1, 1962 from the American Bureau of Shipping.  "Mr. Wick joined the bureau in 1939 as assistant to the president... For the last twenty-one years Mr. Wick has been the bureau's delegate to the Marine Section, National Safety Council, which he has served as assistant general chairman. He has been active in a wide variety of maritime affairs. He helped in the formation of the New York Metropolitan Section of the society in 1942." [NY Times, Mary 31, 1962, p.54]

Harold Wick died 15 Sep 1970, in Port Washington, New York.  His obituary appeared in the New York Times. He was survived by his wife Irene Senters who died nine years later, his son Robert Senters Wick and daughter Cynthia Wick Davis.

Cynthia Ann Wick married Charles Henry Doersam Jr. in Manhasset, Long Island, December 11, 1954. The New York Times article states she studied at Syracuse University, and her husband is an alumnus of Columbia University School of Engineering with  B. S. and M. S. degrees.
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