Shari Wilson, the Maryland Secretary for Environment for the past four years announced that she is stepping down, and she recently attended her final BayStat meeting. At the end of the meeting, Governor O'Malley presented her with a proclamation declaring Shari Wilson "Admiral of The Chesapeake Bay".

At a gathering following the BayStat meeting, Secretary of Natural Resources John Griffin presented Shari with a beautiful print.

Don Boesch and I presented her with a blue crab print from one of the symbols from the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science symbol and image libraries, used in various conceptual diagrams to depict Chesapeake Bay and other water bodies. This blue crab symbol was created by Chip Chenery in 2004, when he was at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, UMCES.

On the back of the print are the following statements:

To honor your contributions to Chesapeake Bay, the scientific community has elected to bestow a scientific name for you, based on the iconic Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Blue crab scientific name: Callinectes sapidus from Calli = Greek for 'beautiful'; nectes = Greek for 'swimmer'; sapidus = Latin for 'savory'

Shari Wilson scientific name:

Calliethos intellegente

Calli = Greek for 'beautiful'; ethos = Greek for 'character'

intellegente = Latin for 'smart'

Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors.

Signed, Don Boesch and Bill Dennison