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under the Occupational Safety and Health Act "New Directions" program to establish the organi- zation as a center of competency for shipyard safety and to pro- vide safety programs for the in- dustry.

Mr. Renshaw stepped down from the chairmanship of the

Conference this past June after helping to insure its status as a viable national organization. The new chairman is Jack 0. Pirozzolo,

RYSCO Shipyard, Inc., Rockport,

Texas.

Automation Industries

Gets $4.5-Million Navy

Job For Conversion Plans

Automation Industries, Incor- porated, Vitro Laboratories Divi- sion, Silver Spring, Md., has been awarded a $4,480,700-million ne- gotiated cost-plus-fixed-fee con- tract by the U.S. Navy for a set of conversion plans for Class DDG 28-30 Midlife Conversion Program for Federal Republic of Germany guided-missile destroyers. The

Naval Sea Systems Command was the contracting activity.

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Watercolor painting was presented recently to Edward Renshaw (left), founding chairman of the American Waterways Shipyard Conference, by AWO chairman John M.

Donnelly Jr. Mr. Renshaw, president of St. Louis Ship, has stepped down from the chairmanship of the Conference. The new chairman is Jack O. Pirozzolo of RYSCO. of the Conference and, in partic- ular, Mr. Renshaw's leadership and dedication in organizing it.

The AWSC is part of the AWO, a trade association of the inland and coastal domestic water trans- portation industry. The Confer- ence represents the interests of small- and medium-sized ship- yards located on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts, the inland riv- ers, and the Great Lakes. These companies build and repair ves- sels for the barge and towing in- dustry, offshore oil and mining industries, and the fishing in- dustry.

Mr. Donnelly also presented Mr.

Renshaw with a watercolor paint- ing by James Godwin Scott titled "St. Louis Ship, Winter." The painting carries a plaque in- scribed,"Edward Renshaw, Found- ing Chairman, American Water- ways Shipyard Conference, With

Deep Appreciation, 1980."

Since 1976 when the Confer- ence was founded, many events, proposed regulations, and bills could have developed into major problems for the nation's smaller shipyards. Under Ed Renshaw's leadership, however, many of these potential problems have been quelled through the active work of the Conference commit- tees and membership. In addition, the organization is seeking solu- tions to long-standing problems that existed before the AWSC was formed.

Steps also have been taken to improve conditions within the in- dustry. For example, the AWSC has just received a planning grant

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