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gree in 1949, S.M. degree in 1951 and Ph.D. degree in 1954, all from

M.I.T. From 1951 to 1970, he was a vice president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., of Cambridge.

At BB&N, Dr. Dyer founded and directed the company's Advanced

Study Program, founded and di- rected the company's Physical Sci- ences Division, and later founded and served as president of the com- pany's subsidiary, General Ocean- ology. He returned to M.I.T. in 1970 as a senior lecturer and be- came professor of ocean engineer- ing in June 1971.

Professor Dyer is a fellow of the

Acoustical Society of America and a recipient of the society's Bienni- al Award. He presently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sound and Vibration, the major publication of the British Acousti- cal Society. In addition to mem- bership in other professional so- cieties, Professor Dyer is chairman of the Boston Research Director's

Club.

M.I.T.'s Sea Grant Program, sup- ported by the National Oceano- graphic and Atmospheric Admin- istration, is a large-scale interde- partmental program of diversified research that brings scientists and engineers from a wide range of disciplines together to work on specific ocean-related projects.

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Dr. Dyer To Head

Ocean Engineering

Department At M.I.T.

Dr. Ira Dyer, professor of ocean engineering at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology and an au- thority on underwater acoustics, has been appointed head of the de- partment of ocean engineering at

M.I.T. and associate director of

M.I.T.'s Sea Grant Program. An- nouncement of the appointments was made by Dr. Alfred H. Keil, dean of the M.I.T. School of En- gineering and director of the Sea

Grant Program. Dr. Keil was head of the department of ocean engi- neering until his recent appoint- ment as dean of engineering.

The M.I.T. department of ocean engineering, formerly known as the department of naval architecture and marine engineering, is the old- est academic department of its kind in the United States and includes among its alumni over the last half century many of the nation's lead- ing shipbuilders and designers. The name was recently changed to re- flect the broadening interests of department faculty and students to include not only ship design but the engineering of total ocean transportation and utilization sys- tems, including harbor and port systems, coastal facilities, etc. "Dr. Dyer's notable abilities as an engineer, researcher, teacher, and administrator make him eminently qualified to guide and direct the fu- ture of the department," Dr. Keil said. "During the past few years many new research and education- al opportunities 'have been added to the department's program, and Dr.

Dyer is uniquely suited by experi- ence and training to encourage this continued evolution of the depart- ment."

Dr. Dyer received his S.B. de-

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