Ed Kane, Trustee Emeritus of IYRS, served on the IYRS board for more than a decade. A lover of history and wooden yachts, he and his wife Marty Wallace and a group of fellow New York Yacht Club members restored the 1926 Herreshoff NY40 Marilee. Later, Ed and Marty restored Olin Stephens’ legendary Bolero, which was built in 1949.

Through his leadership and generosity, Ed has been instrumental in the growth and success of IYRS for more than twenty years.

Ed joined John Hancock’s corporate finance department in 1979 and in 1982 co- founded Hancock Venture Partners which later became HarbourVest Partners, an independent, global private markets firm which currently has 12 international offices.

Ed was a Major in United States Army Intelligence where he trained in electronics and telecommunications and graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Ed received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975.

“Kane also owned the Olin Stephens’ 6-Metre, Cherokee, built at the International Yacht Restoration School’s Museum of Yachting. He’s so passionate about wooden boats and restorations that he took a course in building wooden boats at IYRS.” – John Rousmaniere, The Old Girl’s Ready to Dance Anew, Cruising World Nov 30, 2010