April 5, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Richard “Dick” Lambert, long-time champion of the inland waterways, died March 20 at his home in Burnsville, Minn., after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85.
Born in St. Paul, Minn., he was the grandson of Col. George Lambert, an early advocate for the 9-foot channel project on the Upper Mississippi River, for whom Lambert’s Landing in St. Paul was named.
Dick Lambert attended the University of Minnesota and worked part time as a watchman and deckhand for Twin City Barge & Towing, where his cousin Jack Lambert was the president.
Dick Lambert
After graduating from the university, he tried to work at a normal bank job, but the lure of the river and Twin City Barge beckoned him back. He went into the office and worked his way up to vice president, St. Paul Division. In 1984, when the St. Paul units of Twin City Barge were sold to investment bankers, he became
February 15, 2021 By H. Nelson Spencer
Capt. Larry Jamison.
When he retires from Osage Marine Services in Naples, Ill., where he has been general manager for the better part of a career that has spanned more than half a century, Capt. Larry Jamison is planning to return to a sport he played in the Navy some 60 years ago.
But first and foremost, about his career. To say he has a rich family heritage on the river would be an understatement. His father and four of his five brothers all worked on towboats. “One brother was an oddball and ended up working for the power company, but of the four who worked on the river, one was a chief engineer with Wisconsin Barge Line, and the others were all captains. My dad piloted for Blaske Barge Line, Riverway and Upper Mississippi River Towing. I also have an uncle and some cousins who work on the river. There’s a bunch of us out there,” he said.