In 1971, the Outrigger Canoe Club Board of Directors recommended that six living Charter members of the Club be granted Life Membership. The membership approved that at the Annual Meeting. Gilman was a member of the Club’s 1920 championship footbnall team.
Granted Life Membership were:
- Dexter Fraser
- Atherton Gilman
- Harold Hustace
- Frank W. Hustace
- Guy Rothwell
- Harry Steiner