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Elwood K. Harry
1914 - 1992
1998 Inductee
Elwood Harry is remembered most for the immense contributions he made to the international sport of game fishing through his work with the International Game Fish Association. Harry was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He grew up working in the family merchandising business and fishing the lakes and streams of eastern Pennsylvania and the waters of Chesapeake Bay. After World War II, he developed an international aviation supply business - a vocation that gave him the means and the opportunity to fish extensively in waters throughout the world. Harry became an expert tuna angler, winning scores of world class competitions and awards. In 1962, Harry became a Vice President of IGFA, President in 1975, and was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 1987. He combined his knowledge and experience as an international angler and an international businessman to guide the IGFA through a major re-structuring process, transforming the organization from a small, privately funded association into a not-for-profit, worldwide membership association and information resource serving all types of anglers, associations, and the sportfishing industry throughout the world. He also helped develop a voice for the IGFA, which is heard and respected by governments and policy makers of all countries, especially in relation to issues of conservation. Under Harry's leadership, the IGFA developed one of the world's most extensive angling libraries, and expanded its world record book to include freshwater records, a service previously maintained for nearly seven decades byField & Stream magazine. The legacy of Elwood Harry is an IGFA organized to serve and dedicated to supporting the interests of recreational anglers from all walks of life and economic strata the world over.