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Dinner-Dance Committee, left to right: Donald L. Caldera, consultant; Robert P. Fulton, mechanical engineer, Gibbs & Cox, Inc.; Preston H. Hadley Jr., chairman, vice-president,

Gibbs & Cox, Inc.; James G. Price, assistant vice-president, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry- dock Company, and Robert D. Markoff, General Electric Company. marine field iby Daniel D. Stroh- meier, past president of the So- ciety. Mr. Goodrich has had a long and active career in the marine field during which time he has risen from a wiper in the engine room to his present position as president of Bath Iron Works. Along the way he worked at Bethlehem Steel

Company's Sparrows Point Ship- yard and for a number of divisions of Todd Shipyards, rising to gen- eral manager of the Los Angeles

Division before moving to Bath in 1964 to become executive vice- president. 'During his time at Bath, he has overseen the delivery of a significant number of ships, both commercial and naval; as well as implementing an extensive expan- sion of the facilities at Bath in an- ticipation of the current demand for ships. He has served the So- ciety in many ways during his 36 years of membership, including chairman of the Pacific Northwest

Section, vice president of the So- ciety and a member of the Execu- tive Committee and Council.

At the Society's Awards Lunch- eon, held on Thursday, the follow- ing awards were presented. "The Captain Joseph H. Linnard

Prize" was presented jointly to

William B. Van Berlekom of the

Swedish State Shipbuilding Ex- perimental Tank, and Thomas A.

Goddard, an associate member of the Society since 1967, for their pa- per entitled "'Maneuvering of Large

Tankers." This prize is given to the author or authors of the best paper contributed to the proceed- ings of the Society at its Annual

Meeting the preceding year. "The Vice Admiral E.L. Coch- rane Award" for 1973 was present- ed jointly to Roy L. Harrington, a Life Member of the Society since 1960, and John E. Ancarrow Jr., an associate member of the Society since 1967, in recognition of their paper "Main Propulsion Shafting

Eccentricity Considerations" deliv- ered at the Hampton Roiads Sec- tion on February 15, 1973. "The Graduate Paper Honor

Prize" for 1973 was awarded to

Theodore A. Achtarides for his pa- per entitled "Plastic Design of

Plate Panels for Ice Strengthening and Slamming" delivered at the

New England Section on Septem- ber 22, 1973.

The "Graduate Paper Award" for 1973 was presented to R. Bruce

Woodruff for his paper entitled "Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine—A Vi- able Marine Propulsion Option" delivered at the New England Sec- tion on September 22, 1972.

The "Undergraduate Paper

Award" for 1973 was presented to (Continued on page 14)

President Phillip Eisenberg (left) presents

Certificate of Appreciation to Blakely

Smith.

W. Tilford Smith (left) accepts Certificate of Appreciation from President Eisenberg.

Authors (seated from left): E.S. Geller; Comdr C.S. Niederman, USCG; Capt. V.R. Mi- lano, USN, and Prof. H.A. Schade. (Standing from left); presiding and assistant presid- ing officers: Capt. W.M. Nicholson, USN (ret.); M.D. Macpherson; R.G. Kline; Capt.

H.P. Rumble, USN (ret.), and Capt. K.P. Forrell, RCN.

Authors (seated from left): Jorgen Strom-Tejsen, Hugh Y.H. Yeh, David D. Moran, Mi- chel K. Ochi and Lewis E. Motter. (Standing from left); presiding officers and assistant presiding officers: William M. Cummins, Capt. Perry W. Nelson, USN, and Harry S.

Townsend.

Authors (seated from left): Edward F. McCann II, C.J. Mole, Jose Femenia, and Robert

T. Young. (Standing from left); presiding and assistant presiding officers: Robert P. Gib-

Ion, William E. Zimmie, Dr. Lasker Wechsler, Rear Adm. William A. Brockett, USN (ret.), and John V. Banks.

Authors (seated from left): Kenneth W. Fisher, G.C. Volcy, and Ralph G. McTaggart. (Standing from left); presiding officers and assistant presiding officers: Alvin E. Cox,

Jack A. Obermeyer, Dr. J.D. Van Manen, Jerome L. Goldman, Dr. A.D. Carmichael,

James Francis Dunne and Dr. Yoram Goren.

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