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ON THE COVER: Shown on the cover are the hon- ored guests at the Annual Banquet who spoke during the affair. Left to right are: SNAME Presi- dent Daniel D. Strohmeier; principal banquet speaker Rear Adm. George H. Miller, USN; Mrs.

Helen Delich Bent-ley, chairman, Federal Maritime

Commission; Andrew E. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and Maritime

Administrator, and .Vice Adm. Charles S. Minter

Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logis- tics).

The 79th Annual Meeting of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held in the New York Hilton Hotel in mid-Novem- ber, brought together industrial and govern- mental leaders in the marine industry, and na- val architects and marine engineers from all parts of the world. Each year these meetings have more of an international flavor than the year before, thus attesting to the great in- fluence the Society and the American marine industry has throughout the world.

Daniel D. Strohmeier, president of the So- ciety, opened the meetings with his annual re- port to the members. He reported that the So- ciety's membership has nearly reached the 10,- 000 mark and, also, that the Society's finances are in good shape.

After giving his annual report, Mr. Stroh- meier remarked as follows: "A year ago, with the enactment of the Mer- chant Marine Act of 1970, optimism for an im- proved era in shipping and shipbuilding filled most segments of the industry. "Today that optimism is somewhat guarded.

The current world market for shipping is de- pressed. Shipping today that is still profitable is largely 'based on charters fixed earlier at favorable rates. Dry-cargo ships are being pushed aside by containerization and on many routes, particularly the North Atlantic, con- tainerization is suffering from over capacity.

There have 'been some shipping wring-outs and there will be more with survival going to the strongest. U.S. passenger ships have al- ready disappeared .from the Atlantic. 79th Annual SNAME Meeting-

E. Scott Dillon (left), chief, Office of Ship Construction,

Maritime Administration, receiving the "Vice Admiral

E.L. Cochrane Award" from Matthew G. Forrest, past president of the Society, for his outstanding SNAME

Section paper.

Daniel D. Strohmeier (right), SNAME president, receiving the "Vice Admiral 'Jerry' Land Medal" from Rear Adm.

Albert G. Mumma, USN (ret.), past president of the Soci- ety, for outstanding accomplishment in the marine field.

Lt. Comdr. David L. Greene, USN, (left), receiving the "Graduate Paper Honor Prize" from Society President

Strohmeier.

Ship Design Technology

Keeps Pace With The Times

Phillip Eisenberg (left), president, Hydronautics, Inc., re- ceiving the "David W. Taylor Medal" from Society Presi- dent Daniel D. Strohmeier. This award is given for notable achievement in naval architecture. "Delays in resolving the Alaskan pipeline have had an unsettling effect on tanker order- ing. "Ship repairing activity generally reflects the health of shipping and so this has not been a banner year for most ship repairers. "Shipbuilding remains at a reasonable level in many yards but new orders are not keep- ing pace with the working off of backlogs. U.S. yards are not immune from the inflation plagu- ing all shipbuilding activity the world round. "No one has worked harder in the face of these facts of life than Andrew Gibson, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce, Maritime Ad- ministrator, and one of the architects of the

Merchant Marine Act of 1970. "Mrs. Helen Bentley, chairman of the Fed- eral Maritime Commission, has been an articu- late voice toward improving the atmosphere for a renewal of our proper maritime role. "Admiral Zumwalt has spoken for the Navy and has had to maintain a stiff upper lip in the face of a steady decline in naval strength. "This brings me to the subject of pollution (Continued on page 8)

Daniel D. Strohmeier, president of the So- ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers, presiding at the Annual Banquet.

Vice Adm. Charles S. Minter Jr., USN, deputy chief, Naval Operations (Logistics), introducing the principal banquet speaker.

Andrew E. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Maritime Affairs, co-intro- duced the principal speaker at the banquet.

Rear Adm. George H. Miller, USN, special assistant to the Maritime Administrator, was the principal speaker at the banquet.

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