Whing Ding

by Navigators History
November 2, 2017November 16, 2017

In 1965 hundreds of young men gathered at Glen Eyrie for the famous Whing Ding. The Great Hall at Glen Eyrie didn’t have enough space for all of the conference attendees so the Glen staff got a little bit creative with the seating arrangements, building scaffolding up to the ceiling! The 1965 Whing Ding remains one of the most memorable and spiritually impactful events in Navigator History.

Articles in this collection were researched and written by Donald McGilchrist, who served on our International Executive Team from 1976 to 2005. They tell the story of the international expansion of The Navigators, rooted in our US origins in the 1930s through the birth of The Core in 2002.

Drawing from many interviews and countless historical documents, as well as his own experience, McGilchrist surveys the sweeping story of The Navigators primarily during the last half of the twentieth century.

NavHistory articles should not be seen as position statements of Navigator leaders.