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Four Kings Point

Graduates Honored

At Academy Dinner

Four graduates of the U.S. Mer- chant Marine Academy were re- cently presented with awards for outstanding professional achieve- ment by the Alumni Association at a special dinner held on the Acad- emy grounds at Kings Point, N.Y.

The recipients were : Henry J. Luck, president of Mobil Shipping and

Transportation Company; Edmund

D. Osbourne, president of Western

Rivers Corporation in Pittsburgh;

Robert E. Martin Sr., vice presi- dent, operations and sales for UTS, a division of Universal Maritime

Service Corp., and Efstrative Kari- kas, managing director of engineer- ing and planning for Seres Ship- ping, Inc. in New York City.

Mr. Luck, who is a resident of

Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., graduated from the Merchant Marine Acad- emy in 1948. He rose from the posi- tion of third assistant engineer with

Mobil in 1949, to manager of Mo- bil's worldwide marine / fuel and lubricant sales by 1970.

In 1971, Mr. Luck was appointed general manager of the marine transportation department of Mobil

Oil Corporation, and president of the Mobil Shipping and Transpor- tation Company. He is responsible for the worldwide marine activities of Mobil, whose fleet consists of ibur ship just came in.

We call it The Hospital Trust Leasing Corporation.

It's designed to take the sinking feeling out of the cost of marine equipment - everything from tugs, tuna seiners, fishing and lobster boats to huge floating derricks, oil tankers, and cargo freighters.

You see, marine financing is our business. And we can develop proposals on a true lease or lease- purchase basis, interim construction funding, funding under several governmental agencies, 3-D id and through the Capital Construction Fund.

As an affiliate of The Rhode Island Hospital Trust

National Bank, (nearly $800,000,000 in assets) we can negotiate flexible lease arrangements and give you the kind of quick, deep financial back-up you need.

If you're looking for a way to pay for necessary maritime eauipment, your ship just came in.

Call (401) 278-8188 and ask for Bob Romano. over 10 million deadweight tons.

Serving as the director of the

American Institute of Merchant

Shipping, Mr. Luck also acted as a consultant on petroleum shipping for the NATO Conference in Brus- sels.

Mr. Osbourne, a native of Pitts- burgh, graduated from the Mer- chant Marine Academy in 1943. He has served as a staff advisor to former Pennsylvania Congressman

William S. Conover, and as the director of American Waterway

Operators, Inc. He is also respon- sible for founding the Waterways

Freight Bureau.

A Ruling Elder of the Westmin- ster Presbyterian Church, Mr. Os- bourne recently presented a paper to the American Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers.

Mr. Martin is a resident of West

Hempstead, N.Y. Upon graduating from the Academy in 1948, he sailed as deck officer for U.S. Lines on the S/S America, as well as their

Far East runs. 'Since then, he has continued to serve the shipping in- dustry for 23 years with the same company, formerly known as Uni- versal Terminal and Stevedoring

Corp., and a subsidiary of Bush

Universal, Inc.

Mr. Karikas, a resident of Scars- dale, N.Y., graduated from the

Academy in 1943. Following three years with the Navy, he was ac- tively engaged in various phases of the shipping industry as a naval architect, a specialist in production and procurement and as an officer and director of varied shipping firms.

In 1965, Mr. Karikas joined Seres

Shipping, Inc., where he has since supervised the development and construction of a fleet of 90 vessels.

He has also been appointed by the

American Bureau of Shipping to its

Special Committee on Ship Opera- tions.

Ohio Machinery

Appoints Mueller

The Hospital Trust Leasing Corporation a subsidiary ol The Hospital Trust Corporation.

One Hospital Trust Plaza, Providence, R.I. 02903

Jerome Mueller

Jerome Mueller has been ap- pointed as marine sales represen- tative for the Power Division of

Ohio Machinery Co., the Cleveland,

Ohio-based dealer for Caterpillar engines. He was formerly associated with the Power Systems Division of Colt Industries in Cleveland.

In his new position, he will be responsible for sales and applica- tion of Caterpillar Marine Engines for propulsion, thrusting, generat- ing sets, and other auxiliaries for commercially operated vessels.

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