Battle, Gerald

Gerald Battle developed an early interest in water and the outdoors. After growing up messing around in rowboats and canoes, he went to college, and then served as a naval officer on a destroyer. After the navy, he became a conservation officer, downsizing to a 14-foot boat with an outboard motor. In keeping with the marine trend, he then joined the Michigan Boat and Water Safety Section, where he coordinated boating safety training and assisted in recodifying Michigan's boating law. During this time, he also became involved in training boating patrol officers, which led to training supervisor...