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John D. Reilly

John D. Reilly, chairman of the board of Todd Shipyards Corpora- tion, died on May 30 at the Valley

Nursing Home, Westwood, N.J., after a long illness. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Reilly was prominent in world shipping circles as head of an internationally known complex of shipyards located in principal port cities on all coasts of the

United States. His career in the shipbuilding and ship repair indus- try spanned more than 60 years, starting in 1907 when, at the age of 19, he went to work in the col- lection department of Robins Dry- dock Company of Brooklyn, N.Y.

He became an executive of the

Todd organization when it was founded by William H. Todd in 1916 by consolidation of the Rob- ins yard with other yards in Ho- boken, N.J. and Seattle, Wash.

When William H. Todd died in 1932, Mr. Reilly, then a vice presi- dent and director, was unanimous- ly elected by the board of directors to succeed him as president.

Described by his aides as a dar- ing and imaginative administrator,

Mr. Reilly pursued an aggressive course of action in the early years of his presidency, expanding and diversifying operations further to offset sluggish periods of marine activity, and Todd emerged from

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During World War II, Mr.

Reilly undertook the task for which he is perhaps best known—a vast restructuring of the company to gear it to wartime service. Oper- ating in close association with the military and civilian Government officials, he supervised a network of shipyards on all U.S. coasts, traveling almost constantly from yard to yard to oversee a monu- mental program of construction, repair and conversion of the na- tion's oceangoing fleets.

John D. Reilly

Under his direction, the Todd yards constructed 999 seagoing ships of all descriptions, and re- paired or converted nearly 23,000 more, a total of more than 117 million tons of shipping. During this time, Mr. Reilly supervised a work force of as many as 157,000 men and women in shipyards across the country. These accom- plishments brought him many awards and honors.

After the war, he charted the course for Todd's return to peace- time activities, with the company moving into industrial projects and the nuclear field.

Mr. Reilly was president of Todd for 21 years until 1953, when he was elected chairman of the board.

He remained moderately active in company affairs until shortly be- fore his illness.

He held the rank of commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Georgetown

University in 1951.

At the time of his death, Mr.

Reilly was a member of the board of managers of the American Bu- reau of Shipping, American Com- mittee of Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping, and a member of many asso- ciations and clubs, both social and related to the maritime industry.

A native of Yonkers, N.Y., Mr.

Reilly is survived by his widow, the former Mary Murray; a son,

John; a daughter, Mary Delaney of Bronxville, N.Y., and six grand- children.

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Cordobond line. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News