John Carl Hornor

John C. “Jack” Hornor died October 1, 2013, in Centreville, MD, after a brief illness. He was 68. Mr. Hornor was a naval architect and marine surveyor with many ties to the recreational boating industry. He had recently relocated from the Annapolis area to Neavitt, MD, and was the founder/owner of Marine Survey & Design Company. In April, Mr. Hornor was elected chairman of the board of the American Boat & Yacht Council, which sets construction standards for recreational boats. He was a member and former board member of the National Association of Marine Surveyors, a longtime member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Mid-Atlantic Mariners Club. Mr. Hornor had a specialty in handling damage claims and helped salvage hundreds of boats in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, as well as many previous hurricanes, as part of the Catastrophe Team for BoatU.S. Marine Insurance. More recently he served as an expert witness in legal cases involving vessels. Mr. Hornor’s boat design reviews appeared in magazines including BoatU.S. Magazine and SpinSheet. Born in Buffalo, NY, Mr. Hornor was raised in Waterloo, NY, son of the late Audra Melton Hornor and Dorothy Reichel Horner. He attended two years of college in Kansas on a football scholarship before joining the U.S. Army where he was a member of the Special Forces and flew helicopters during the Vietnam conflict. After military service, he got a degree in business administration from State University of New York and later a degree in naval architecture from the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology. He was the service manager at several large marinas and also worked for the City of Fort Lauderdale in charge of its marine facilities before starting his own survey business. He most enjoyed time on his own sailboat, cruising throughout the Chesapeake Bay as well as Florida and the Bahamas. He was a member of the Miles River Yacht Club in St. Michaels, MD. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Elaine Dickinson, of Neavitt; a sister and brother-in-law, Judith and Robert Parsons, of Las Vegas, NV; a sister-in-law, Jean Mansur, of Raritan Township, NJ; a sister-in-law, Carol Dickinson, and her husband, James Hammond, of Westminster, MD; four nieces; and one nephew. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 200 South Harrison Street, Easton, MD 21601. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Queen Anne’s, Inc., 255 Comet Drive, Centreville, MD 21617, or any local hospice organization.

John Carl Hornor

June 5, 1945 - October 1, 2013