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AWO HONORS FOUNDING MEMBERS: Founding members of The American Waterways

Operators, Inc., the national association of the barge and towing industry, were honored in St. Louis, Mo. on May 24 in a special ceremony held in connection with the spring quarterly meeting of the board of directors. The association was founded in St. Louis in

May 1 944. Those founding members honored are still active in the association. First row (left to right): H.G. Williams, president, Gulf Atlantic Transport, Jacksonville, Fla.; David

A. Wright, president, National Marine Service Incorporated, St. Louis; F.A. Mechling, executive vice president, A.L. Mechling Barge Lines Inc., Joliet, III., and A.L. Mechling,

A.L. Mechling Barge Lines Inc., Joliet. Second row (left to right): Jesse E. Brent, presi- dent, Brent Towing Company, Inc., Greenville, Miss.; Braxton B. Carr, former president of the association; James R. Smith, president of the association; T.F. Ellis Jr., president,

Ellis Towing & Transportation Company, Galveston, Texas, and Robert J. Hughes, presi- dent, James Hughes, Inc., and chairman of the board of AWO. Other founding members of the association who were honored at the ceremony but who were not present when the photograph was taken were: Frank E. Aiple, president, Aiple Towing Company, Inc.,

Stillwater, Minn.; Harry W. Anderson Sr., president, Anderson Petroleum Transportation

Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; Walter Baskerville Sr., chairman of the board, Upper Mississip- pi Towing Corporation, Minneapolis, Minn.; Scott Chotin, Chotin Transportation, Inc.,

New Orleans, La.; Gerald D. Clower, president, Harbor Towing & Fleeting, Inc., New

Orleans; Harry J. Collins, president, Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc., Westwego, La.;

George P. Crounse Sr., chairman of the board, Crounse Corporation, Paducah, Ky.; Bailey

T. DeBardeleben, vice president, Thomas & Thomas Enterprises, Inc., Metairie, La.; Harry

B. Dyer, chairman of the board, Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tenn; C.W.

Edwards, Barge Transport Company, Inc., Houston; Forsee (Jack) Estes, president,

Gnots, Inc., Kenner, La.; Capt. H.G. Koch, Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc., West- wego; R.C. Meyer, president, B & M Towing Company, Houston; E.J. O'Donnell, execu- tive vice president, Chotin Transportation, Inc., New Orleans; C.W. Rushing, president,

Missouri Barge Line Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; A.L. Simms, Simms Brothers Tow- ing Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala.; Ed A. Smith, president, Alamo Barge Lines, Houston;

J.W. Von Herbulis, president, Pittston Marine Corporation, New York, N.Y., and C.G.

Willis Jr., president, C.G. Willis, Inc., Paulsboro, N.J.

SNAME California Sections' Joint Spring Meeting

We take pride in working around the clock to repair" your ship with expediency, craftsmanship and minimum cost.

Shown at the joint meeting, left to right: David R. Rodger, San Diego Section, vice chair- man; Klemme Jones, speaker (Global Marine); E.F. Eton, speaker (General Electric); R.

Schoen III, speaker (Babcock & Wilcox); R.A. Grams, speaker (Babcock & Wilcox);

Comdr. R.W. Bernhardt, USCG, papers chairman; Melvin F. Good, secretary-treasurer of the Section, and G.A. Uberti, chairman. J.P. Murphy, speaker (Global Marine), is not shown.

Steigerwald Named

Hovermarine Controller

Dan E. Steigerwald has been named controller of Hovermarine 'Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa.-based producer of commercial surface ef- fect ships. He had been a certified public accountant with the firm of

Jordan & Jordan, Portland, Maine.

A native of McDonald, Pa., and a graduate oif iCecil Township High

School. Mr. Steigerwald received bis bachelor's degree from Pennsyl- vania State University and his

M.B.A. degree from Dartmouth

College. In addition to the Maine public accounting firm, he was also associated wit'h the Girard Bank as a trust administrator, and the New

Hampshire Ball Bearing Inc. as a cost accountant.

Mr. Steigerwald is a member of the American Institute of Certified

Public Accountants, Data Process- ing Management Association, and

Maine Society of Public Accoun- tants.

The San Diego Section of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers was the host for the recent joint spring meeting of the California Sections. The three- day meeting was held at the Sea

Lodge Hotel in La Jolla, with the dinner-dance at the adjacent La

Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.

The three-day meeting consisted of a hosted cocktail party on Fri- day evening, with Saturday morn- ing reserved for the technical pro- gram, followed by a luncheon in the afternoon, and hosted cocktails and dinner-dance in the evening.

Sunday was left as a free day so that guests and fellow members of the Los Angeles Metropolitan and

Northern California 'Sections could enjoy the beautiful La Jolla sea- shore and surrounding areas of San

Diego.

The Saturday morning technical program consisted of three very excellent papers as follows: (1) "Design Guidelines for Marine

Boiler Specifications," by R.A.

Grams and R. Schoen III, Babcock & Wilcox; (2) "New Developments in Large .Shipboard Electric Sys- tems," by E.F. Eton, General Elec- tric, and (3) "PIPS—A New Tech- nique in Ice Breaking," by K. Jones and J.P. Murphy, Global Marine.

The San Diego Section was priv- ileged to have as its honored guest

John V. Banks, president of Na- tional Steel and .Shipbuilding Com- pany in Kan Diego.

The women were treated to the annual St. James Home and Gar- den tour Saturday morning and then to luncheon in the afternoon at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla.

ARTHUR E. FARR, Corporate Vice President

NORTHWEST MARINE

IRON WORKS

SWAN ISLAND SHIPYARD

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