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John B. Breslin (left), director, Davidson Laboratory, Ste- vens Institute of Technology, receives the "Vice Adm. E.

L. Cochrane Award" from Matthew G. Forrest, past president.

SNAME Annual Meeting— (Continued from page 7) tecture, as a director of the Shipbuilders Coun- cil of America, and as a member of the board of managers of the American Bureau of Ship- ping. He also is a member of the American

Committee of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the

American Iron and Steel Institute, the Ameri- can Society of Naval Engineers and other in- dustry groups.

Robert G. Mende, secretary of the Society, reported the election of the following officers by the members:

Membership on the Council, representing members and associate members: William A.

Brockett, Alvin E. Cox, Lauren S. McCready and Stuart W. Thayer; and representing affili- ates : Allen Cameron.

The Council elected the following:

Honorary members for life: James J. Henry and Edward V. Lewis.

Honorary vice-presidents for life: L.V. Hon- singer and Andrew Neilson.

Vice-presidents for a term of three years:

Paul E. Atkinson, John R. Kane, John B.

Leatherbury and Arthur M. Lissenden.

To serve on the Executive Committee for a term of three years: Phillip Eisenberg and A.

Dudley Haff.

Administrative officers for a term of one year: secretary—Robert G. Mende; treasurer —Ralph C. Christensen, and assistant treas- urer—Robert Axelrod.

Awards

At the annual banquet the following awards were made to members for notable and out- standing accomplishments in the marine field.

The 31st award of the "David W. Taylor

Medal" was made to Ludwig C. Hoffmann "for notable achievement in naval architec- ture." Mr. Hoffmann has been a member of the

Society since 1953 and is a member of many of its various committees and panels. He also

B.V. Korvin-Kroukovsky (left), formerly with Stevens In- stitute of Technology, receives the "Davidson Medal" from Rear Adm. Albert G. Mumma, USN (ret.), past president. is assistant administrator for operations for the Maritime Administration.

The 19th award of the "Vice Admiral 'Jerry'

Land Medal" was made to Andrew Neilson, chairman of the board of the American Bureau of Shipping. This gold medal is given "for out- standing accomplishment in the marine field."

Mr. Neilson, a member of the Society since 1947, is a vice-president of the Society, a mem- ber of the council, its executive committee and serves on other important committees.

The "Davidson Medal" for 1970 was award- ed to B.V. Korvin-Kroukovsky, a member since 1952 "for outstanding scientific accom- plishments in ship research." Professor Korvin-

Kroukovsky was formerly affiliated with Stev- ens Institute of Technology.

The "Vice Admiral E.L. Cochrane Award" for 1970 was presented to Dr. John B. Breslin, a member of the Society since 1958, in recog- nition of his paper "Theoretical and Experi- mental Techniques for Practical Estimation of

Propeller-Induced Vibratory Forces" delivered at the February 17, 1970 meeting of the New

York Metropolitan Section.

The "Graduate Paper Honor Prize" for stu- dents for 1970 ($250 with Citation) was award- ed to Joel D. Snyder III for his paper entitled "Investigation of Signal Averaging to Elimi- nate the Effect of the Ambient Sea in the

Direct Determination of a Ship's Wave Re- sistance in the Open Ocean" delivered at the

Society's Hampton Roads Section meeting on

December 3, 1969.

The "Graduate Paper Award" ($100 with

Citation) for students for 1970 was awarded to Leonardo Perez Y Perez for his paper en- titled "A General Calculation of the Struc- tural Loads on a Ship in a Seaway" delivered at the Society's Northern California Section on March 12, 1970

The "Undergraduate Paper Honor Prize" ($250 with Citation) for students for 1970 was awarded to T.J. Nolan for his paper "Compu- ter-Aided Design of Developable Hull Sur-

Frank M. Lewis (right) holding the "Captain Joseph H.

Linnard Prize" which was presented by Donald A. Holden, past president of the Society, during awards ceremony.

Attending the reception, left to right: President J.J. Hen- ry, Mrs. Helen Delich Bentley, chairman, Federal Mari- time Commission, and F.A. Nemec, president, Lykes

Bros. S.S. Co. faces" delivered at the Society's Southeast Sec- tion on May 9, 1970.

The "Undergraduate Paper Award" ($100 with Citation) for students for 1970 was awarded to Thomas P. Mastronarde for his paper entitled "A Fluid Regenerative Air

Heater" delivered at the Society's Philadelphia

Section on March 20, 1970.

Two Fifty-Year Membership Certificates were presented to: Horace C. Jefferson and

W. Harold Milne. Six Fifty-Year Membership

Certificates were presented in absentia to: J.

William Jamin, William Mulheron, Hugo F.

Nordstrom, Melville W. Powers, Ivo Schiavon, and Inge G. Volden.

Annual Banquet

Over 1,500 members attended the member- ship banquet held on Thursday evening. Mr.

Henry, the Society's president, presided during the banquet and introduced the members who presented the awards for outstanding achieve- ments and the principal speaker. (Continued on page 10)

Attending the banquet, left to right: E.M. Hood, president, Shipbuilders Council of

America; Rear Adm. Benjamin F. Engel, USCG; W. Tilford Smith, senior vice-president,

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; Vice Adm. A.F. Schade, USN, and Rear

Adm. Arthur B. Engel, USCG (ret.), superintendent, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Attending the dinner-dance, left to right: Daniel D. Strohmeier, president-elect; Preston

H. Hadley Jr., dinner-dance committee chairman; Mrs. Hadley; Mrs. Henry; James J.

Henry, president; Mrs. Strohmeier; Mrs. Budd, and Wm. I.H. Budd, committee member.

Wives of the president and president-elect were presented bouquets by the Society 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News