Jerry AskeLambert Jerome "Jerry" Aske, Jr. was born on January 4, 1933 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Virginia Cairns Aske and Lambert J. Aske. He moved to Vermont when his father assumed management of the Shelburne Shipyard in order to build ships for the Navy dring World War II. Aske attended Shelburne Public School from fifth to eleventh grade, and he graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School in 1951.He attended the University of Vermont, graduating in 1956 with a commission as a US Army second lieutenant. After two years of active duty, Aske returned to the Shipyard. He retired from the Army Reserve as a colonel, but remained actively involved with his marina next to the Shipyard and as a member of the board of directors of the Lake Champlain Yacht Club. He served as a Shelburne selectman for two years. For the ten years between the sale of the Shelburne Shipyard and the establishment of his own marina, Aske worked as the publicrelations director for the Madonna Mountain and Bolton Valley Ski areas. Read More Read Less