Robert R.Frump is a nationally recognized journalist who won several major awards while a journalist and investigative reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. He grew up in the small farm town of Paxton, Ill, graduated from the University of Illinois and received a master’s degree from Northwestern University — all in journalism. He received, with Tim Dwyer, the George Polk Award, for his reporting on unsafe U.S. ships, and the Gerald Loeb Award for National Business Reporting. He was also the anchor writer of an Inquirer task force that won the Pulitzer Prize. He is the former managing editor of The Journal of Commerce.. Most recently, he was named to the short list for the Desmond Wettern Best Journalism award by the London-based Maritime Media Awards. He has written three books on maritime safety: Until the Sea Shall Free Them on the SS Marine Electric; Two Tankers Down on the Pendleton-Fort Mercer rescue; and The Captains of Thor on the SS El Faro.
Here are his books and electronic Kindle select editions on Amazon. (Amazon Author Page)
Did you see this? Jones Act ship/33 crew gone http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/05/ship-that-went-missing-during-hurricane-joaquin-sank-coast-guard-says/
Bob Frump,
I tried to leave a comment on the article you wrote in the 1980s about the Saratoga boiler job. You might be interested in the conspiracy thriller based on the job, and the twist the story takes after the four shipyard workers were killed in a car accident while in Mayport repairing the boilers. The novel Once A Welder was reviewed in the Northeast Times this week. https://northeasttimes.com/2024/07/13/novel-gives-nod-to-navy-yard-skilled-workers/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3TZ0luuMrV9pRbgk4wIc2AGl-laytqEu2hxLeSvXrns_BfxHUEIsde16c_aem_k331PhGCcv6CJcXxwxV29A
Jim Brennan
Author, Once A Welder
Jim—Thanks for the post. Astro-arc RIP! I have just ordered your book. Great admiration for the artisans of the shipyard. I was unaware of the car wreck and deaths and all the years later please accept my condolences for the loss of your colleagues. Bob
Hello Mr. Frump I am writing a book about my father and I found out he was scheduled to be on the Marine Electric before it sunk. I’m not a professional writer but in case I do publish the book I want to make sure I follow the correct protocol and get the appropriate permissions before moving forward. (He did work on that ship in 1982 so he knew Captain Cusick Susan Leitao
Happy to help in any way I can.