For almost 40 years, Jerry Porter was “Mr. Bowling” in Muskegon County. Elected to the Greater Muskegon Bowling Association board of directors in 1969, Porter worked his way up to GMBA president in 1979. In 1982, he became the organization’s executive director, and 25 years later, remained on the job. He and his wife, Paulette, who served a the assistant executive director of the GMBA, worked thousands of hours running tournaments at bowling alleys all over the state and even more hours compiling scores and awards at their longtime home in Lakeside. Porter was one of the founders of the Muskegon Bowling Hall of Fame in 1995 and was inducted into that organization in 2000. He also served the sport of bowling on the national level for 15 years, starting in 1990, as the only Muskegon-area board member ever for the American Bowling Congress. Well-known among area bowlers, Porter also was one of the founders of the Greater Muskegon Golf Association in the 1960s.