Governor Cameron Wages War on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Presenter: Dr. Paul Ewell

When most people think about the Chesapeake Bay oyster wars they often think about the battles that occurred between the states of Virginia and Maryland back and forth across the state line where the property was destroyed and lives were lost. Another (and lesser-known but just as exciting) series of battles pitted the Western Shore of the Chesapeake against the Eastern Shore. This is a presentation about the intra-state struggle within Virginia and involves daring Virginia oystermen from both shores, a governor of Virginia engaged in political struggles, and a couple of elusive pirate brides!

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About the Speaker

Dr. Paul L. Ewell is a professor, maritimologist, researcher, and the Executive Director of the Eastern Shore Maritime Museum located in Onancock, Virginia. He received his D.B.A. in Operations Management from Nova Southeastern University with a focus on business process reengineering, M.B.A. from Salisbury University, and earned a graduate certificate in Maritime, Ports, and Logistics Management from Old Dominion University. He has been the recipient of the Samuel Nelson Gray Teaching Award and was selected as a Munson Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities for The American Maritime People - Munson Institute at Mystic Seaport. He has over twenty-five years of experience in higher education holding various teaching and administrative positions.  His teaching and research focus is on maritime supply chain management and logistics, project management, operations management, commercial fisheries, and maritime history at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  He is currently an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Coordinator for the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Program at North Carolina Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Operations Management in the Strome Business School at Old Dominion University.