American International Company Chairman Mr. Ernest Stempel recently presented a $100,000 cheque to the Bermuda Maritime Museum on behalf of the Starr Foundation.

The money will be used to assist in funding a proposed summer internship programme, enabling Bermudian students to explore, document, preserve and interpret Bermuda's maritime history.

Pictured left (from left to right) are: member of the fund-raising committee Mr. William Bailey, Chairman of the Bermuda Maritime Museum Mr. Paul Leseur, Mr. Stempel, Chairman of the fund raising committee Mr. John McCulloch and Director of the Maritime Museum Dr. Edward Harris.