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Leonor Sullivan To

Receive AOTOS Award

Congress worn an Leonor K. Sulli- van, Chairman of the House Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries Com- mittee, has been designated as the recipient of the Admiral of the

Ocean Sea Award, it was announced by E.J. Heine Jr., president of Uni- ted States Lines Company and pres- ident of United Seamen's Service.

The AOTOS Award is given an- nually toy the maritime community for outstanding service to Ameri- can-flag shipping. Former recipi- ents have been the late Spyros

Skouras, former president of Twen- tieth Century Fox and chairman of

Prudential->Grace Lines, Inc.; Helen

Delich Bentley, Chairman of the

Federal Maritime Commission, and

Andrew E. Gibson, former Assis- tant Secretary of Commerce. A special award was given to Joseph

E. Curran for more than a quarter century of maritime leadership.

Congresswoman Sullivan will re- ceive the silver statue of Christo- pher Columbus at a dinner-dance in the Grand Ballroom of the New

York Hilton in New York City on

December 11. Capt. Adrian P. Spi- dle, vice president of marine opera- tions of Prudential-Grace Lines,

Incorporated, and president of The

Propeller Club, Port of New York, is chairman of the arrangements committee for the AOTOS Award which is sponsored by labor, man- agement, Government and naval sectors of the maritime community.

Proceeds from the December 11 dinner-dance will benefit the Hall of American Maritime Enterprise at the Smithsonian Institution, and the United Seamen's Service.

The Hall of American Maritime

Enterprise is a permanent exhibi- tion at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.'C., and will be a feature of the American Bicenten- nial Celebration.

United Seamen's Service pro- vides' health, welfare and recre- ational facilities for American sea- men, and seamen of all nations in foreign ports.

Marine Management

Systems Contract

Renewed By MarAd

The U.S. Maritime Administra- tion (MarAd) has renewed its con- tract with Marine Management

Systems, Inc. (MMS) for the lease of a computerized system that is being used in long-range studies aimed at maintaining America's de- mand requirements in the import of oil and mineral raw materials.

The announcement was made by

William R. Oakes, MMS vice presi- dent, who said that the studies by the Government agency are part of the overall planning for future

American superports designed to increase the flow of imports in bulk.

MMS, based in Stamford, Conn., designs and implements computer systems for the international ma- rine transportation industry.

Mr. Oakes said that MarAd's

Office of Policy and Plans in Wash- ington, D.C., has been using the

MiMS system—called the Marine

Economics & Planning System— since last year. The system is one of several computer products offered by his firm and is believed to be the only one of its kind com- mercially available.

He explained that the system is being used to simulate transoceanic movements of various types of goods—oi'l, for example. In the studies, such economic factors as speed, quantities, freight rates and costs related to different sized vessels are analyzed from the stand- point of vessel owners and char- terers.

An input/output terminal is em- ployed in the use of the M-MS sys- tem which operates on GE's World- wide Information Services Net- work. Heart of the network is a giant computer Mark (III) located in Cleveland, Ohio.

Bureau Veritas Names

Three In New York

John X. Erbe, who has served for several years past as general repre- sentative of the French classifica- tion society Bureau Veritas in New

York, has retired as of October 15.

Mr. Erbe will continue to work with the classification society in an advisory capacity throughout 1973.

He will be succeeded as general representative of the society by

Michel Barruel, formerly chief of the materiel department. Huynh due Bau has been appointed chief of the marine department, assisted by Andrew Moore.

PROCUREMENT

The career challenge —and future — you want may be at General Dynamics

There's fast-moving action at General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut today —and a backlog of contracts going clear into 1977! Important work. Advanced work. Calling for individuals with top abilities in procurement. If you want to use all your know-how and be recognized for it, consider stepping into one of these positions.

Contract

Administrator

Subcontract

Administrator

For procurement of large dollar components involv- ing source selection, inquiry preparation, proposal analysis, rigorous negotiation. Must monitor all as- pects of vendor performance. Knowledge of gov- ernment procurement regulations and practices preferred. BS or BA with 5 to 1 0 years related ex- perience.

Planner

Who can work with material status data and plan management action items in support of shipbuild- ing schedules. Important to understand and develop planning techniques and new planning/status sys- tems an

Senior

Procurement Engineer

Who can perform two of the following—cost and pricing analysis, financial analysis, technical analy- sis estimating—in order to determine price fairness in the purchasing of high value mechanical and electrical hardware. Will do analysis work with a minimum of supervisory guidance. A BS or BA de- gree is required (or the equivalent in estimating experience). Also 3 to 5 years experience (7 to 10 years in estimating), preferably with military hard- ware and government operations.

Who is capable of source selection, inquiry prepara- tion, proposal analysis, and negotiations for the subcontracting of structural, mechanical and piping assemblies—as well as monitoring cost control and the performance of sub-contractors. A college de- gree plus an understanding of blueprints, machine methods and production control techniques is re- quired. Some shipyard experience would be helpful.

Technical Buyers (1) Who can procure major mechanical and elec- trical components—and has proven strength in proposal analysis and negotiations. A BBA or engi- neering degree is required. Also, 6 years experience in Procurement with supplemental experience in manufacturing or engineering. Experience with military hardware and government regulations is preferred. (2) Who can procure services of large contractors for facilities modification. Must have demonstrated ability in multi-million dollar facility construction and modification, and be able to quickly apply ex- pertise and experience in effectively negotiating sub-contracts. A BBA or engineering degree with minimum 6 years procurement experience required. (3) Who can procure raw materials and miscel- laneous hardware and has demonstrated ability in proposal analysis and negotiation. A BBA or related degree is required, plus 3 years of Procurement ex- perience—preferably with military hardware and government regulations.

Apply by forwarding your resume, including salary history and present requirements, in strict con- fidence to Fred Ward.

GENERAL DYNAMICS

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