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Berwind Promotes Three In Caribbean —Announces Major Expansion Program

SNAME Los Angeles Honors Past Chairmen

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Donald A. Conzo, assistant vice president, and Richard C. Pouch, assistant secretary.

The May meeting of the Los An- geles Metropolitan Section of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers aboard the S/S

Princess Louise in Los Angeles

Harbor honored their past chair- men and introduced the incoming officers.

Past chairmen Richard Fay (1972-73), Commander U.S. Naval

Shipyard, Long Beach, Calif.;

Thomas B. Wilson (1971-72), in- dependent naval architect; Robert

A. Rourke (1970-71), J.J. Henry

Co., Inc.; Nat Friedland (1967-68),

Tetra-Tech, Inc.; Paul Bukunt (1964-65), General Electric; Ver- non Shelton (1957-58), Deep Ocean

Systems; Philip Finkelstein (1954- 55), U. S. Naval Shipyard, Long

Beach, and John Marriner (1952- 53), independent naval architect, represented the past chairmen and were well received with a hearty round of applause.

The newly elected Section offi- cers, chairman Frank Nickels, in-

Bruce J. Robeson

H.G. McComas, group vice presi- dent, Berwind Corporation, Carib- bean, has announced the promo- tions of two executives to presi- dent and one to vice president of

Caribbean subsidiaries, and out- lined plans on capital expansion.

Bruce J. Robeson has been pro- moted to president of Berwind

Lines, 'Inc., Licenciado Rene F.

Rodriguez has been promoted to president, and Carlos A. Morales

Silva to vice president of Industrial

Molasses Puerto Rico, Inc.

Mr. Robeson, who joined Ber- wind Lines as executive vice presi- dent in 1971, is a graduate of the

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at

Kings Point and had worked in various executive capacities with

Matson Lines in San Francisco,

Calif.

Mr. Rodriguez, a graduate of the

University of Puerto Rico with a degree in business administration and law, is a member of the Ameri- can Bar Association and is a Certi- fied Public Accountant. Before joining Industrial Molasses in 1969, he was president and general man-

Carlos A. Morales Silva ager of the Agricultural Credit

Corporation and had held execu- tive positions with the Land Au- thority of Puerto Rico and the

Shell Company (Puerto Rico) Ltd.

Mr. Silva studied business ad- ministration, majoring in manage- ment at the University of Puerto

Rico, and San Diego City College in California. He is a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and is past commander of Post 22 of the American Legion. He work- ed in various executive positions in Puerto Rico and in Caracas,

Venezuela, before joining Indus- trial Molasses in 1963.

Mr. McComas also described a major expansion program proposed by Berwind Lines to provide equip- ment needed to meet demands of its daily St. Thomas and St. Croix shipping service. A new ship has been added to its fleet and almost three-quarters of a million dollars has been allocated for backup equipment, including all types of trailers and cargo handling equip- ment, and a new terminal in the

Isla Grande area of San Juan.

Rene F. Rodriguez Past chairmen of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of SNAME, left to right: Thomas

Wilson (71-72), Robert Rourke (70-71), Nat Friedland (67-68), Paul Bukunt (64-65),

Richard Fay (72-73), Vernon Shelton (57-58), Philip Finkelstein (54-55), and John Mar- riner (52-53).

Los Angeles Metropolitan Section SNAME officers for 1973-74, shown left to right:

Harry Levy, secretary-treasurer; Frank

Nickels, chairman; and Charles K. Pollock, vice chairman. Carl M. Lippincott, execu- tive committee, is not pictured. dependent naval architect; vice chairman Charles K. Pollock, Todd

Shipyards Corporation, Los An- geles Division; secretary-treasurer

Harry Levy, Long Beach Naval

Shipyard, and executive committee

Carl Lippincott, Todd Shipyards

Corporation, Los Angeles Division, were introduced to the members prior to the presentation of the meeting program.

Comdr. Richard Rounsevelle,

USCG, presented a paper, "Recrea- tional Boating Safety Standards," detailing the Coast Guard require- ments for small boats. Still pictures of recreational boating traffic and accidents emphasized the need for small boats to be properly built, equipped and operated. The recrea- tional vessel accident rate, accord- ing to the author, could be greatly reduced if all rules and regulations were property observed.

After a lively discussion of the paper, Commander Rounsevelle stated that the Coast Guard regula- tions were being updated and re- vised to meet the requirements of the advancing boating technology.

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