Malcolm "Mac"  McAdam passed away on May 8th at age 80. He died due to complications following a scheduled heart stint operation performed on May 5th at Henry Ford Hospital Downtown.

Beloved husband of Carol for 57 years. Loving father of Sean (Brenda) and Ethan.

The funeral will be held at 11am on Saturday, August 14th at Dearborn Congregational Church, 16350 Rotunda Dr., Dearborn, MI 48120.
Immediately following the funeral a Celebration of Life luncheon will be served in a large tent on the church grounds. Summer Picnic cookout cuisine (hamburgers, hot dogs, sides, salads) will be served.
A P.A. system will be on-site for anyone that would like to speak about their experience of knowing him. Amusing stories are especially encouraged...Mac was quite a character!
Anyone who knew Mac or his family, is welcome to join in the celebration at either event. His surviving wife, Carol, and adult sons, Sean & Ethan, hope you'll be able to attend.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to honor him, the family encourages you to make a donation in his name to one of the organizations (listed below) that were dear to him.

His cremains will be dispersed on August 15th into the currents of the Detroit River where they flow into Lake Erie; out near the Detroit Lighthouse.

"My beloved husband, Mac passed at sunrise 5/8/21 - on his timeline- with prayer - peace - with me in his bed beside him and sons hands upon him."

- Carol

A tribute from the International Shipmasters' Association

In Memory of
Malcolm "Mac" McAdam
May 27, 1940  -  May 8, 2021
Pennant No. A-12375
Initiated December 11, 2007

Lodge member and Dearborn resident Malcolm McAdam passed away at sunrise on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Mac grew up on Irondequoit Bay near Rochester, New York, where he ran a muskrat trap line before school in the morning and sold nightcrawlers, blood suckers and fresh caught carp on the weekends for spending money.

After completing a masters degree at Purdue University, Mac came to Wayne State University for the Audiology PhD program.  In 1970, right after the final oral exams were completed, Mac and his wife Carol took a weekend trip to the Bahamas where she got a taste of snorkeling on beautiful reefs.  Upon returning to Detroit, they signed up for scuba certification class with the Ford Seahorse Dive Club.  That led into the forming of the Ford Seahorse Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival where Mac organized the displays for 20 years.  Mac insisted on promoting the historical aspects of shipwreck diving with displays from marine museums, lighthouse organizations, artists, and other pertinent preservation groups.

Mac was a audiologist in practice for 51 years, but he had a keen interest in Great Lakes maritime history, and was a member of several maritime organizations, including the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Friends of the Detroit River, and Great Lakes Maritime Institute, where he served on the board for over 30 years.

He helped plan the annual Lost Mariners' Remembrance Ceremony at Dossin Museum and encouraged ISMA members to participate every year.

In 2010, Mac raised $1700 for the ISMA Grand Lodge Scholarship Fund by organizing a group tour of the Detroit Salt Mine, asking all 17 tour guests to make a $100 donation.

In 2016, he was instrumental in planning the recovery of the SS Greater Detroit 's anchor from the bottom of the Detroit River.

More recently, in the summer of 2020, Mac restored a ship's anchor for display in Detroit's Riverside Park.  His account of the project was featured on the lodge website and in the Grand Lodge newsletter.

The family would prefer that donations in Mac's name be made to one of the following charities rather than to receive flowers.

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Friends of the Detroit River -  20600 Eureka Road Suite #250, Taylor, Michigan 48180

Great Lakes Maritime Institute - PO Box 1990,  Dearborn, Michigan 48121

Forgotten Harvest - 21800 Greenfield, Oak Park Michigan 48237