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Sydney Swan Retires From American Bureau
The retirement of Sydney Swan, vice president in charge of operations, was announced by Robert T. Young, chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping, effective December 31, 1973.
His duties will be assumed by William N. Johnston, assistant to chairman.
Mr. Swan began his 36-year career with the international ship classification society as a member of 'the Philadelphia survey staff. He served as an ABS surveyor in Pascagoula, Miss., Yokohama, Japan, and New York, N.Y., before his appointment in 1952 as principal surveyor for the New York surveying staff. He was elected a vice president in 1963.
Mr. Swan is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received a bachelor of science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the American Welding Society, and the Section Committee of Gas Hazards of the National Fire Protection Association.
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- Offshore Seminar To Be Held Feb. 4-8 In Houston, Texas page: 4
- Dearborn-Storm To Add New Jackup Rigs At Cost Of $29 Million page: 5
- The Presque Isle page: 7
- Bergesen Heads Firm Seeking To Purchase Boston Navy Yard page: 11
- Navy Energy R&D Office Relocated page: 12
- Moore And McCormack Co. Plan To Change Firm's Name page: 12
- Navy Amphibious Assault Landing Craft To Be Built By Todd Seattle Shipyard page: 14
- SNAME New England Section And AWS Hear Japanese Shipbuilding Report At Joint Meeting page: 14
- Midshipmen Hear Panel Of Four Discuss Offshore Drilling Careers For USMMA Graduates page: 19
- Pacific Lighting Marine Awards Contract For Two LNGs To Sun Shipbuilding With Option To Build Three More Ships page: 19
- Supertanker Brooklyn Sold By Seatrain To General Electric Credit page: 22
- Lykes Elects Four New Vice Presidents page: 24
- Kent E. Hoffmeister Named Engineering VP At Nashville Bridge page: 24
- South African Marine Elects Charles Parkhill page: 25
- Giant Gantry Crane Ordered From Krupp By Newport News Ship page: 25
- GATX Subsidiary Orders Second Coal Carrier From Bay Shipbuilding page: 26
- Year-End Report page: 27
- N.Y. SNAME, NYPE, IME And ASNE Joint Meeting Hears Paper On Silencing Marine Gas Turbines page: 27
- American Ship Receives Orders Totaling $31 Million For Towboats And Barges page: 30
- First Semisubmersible Drilling Rig Built On U.S. East Coast Christened At Bethlehem Steel's Baltimore, Md. Shipyard page: 31
- Second French Cargo Vessel Delivered At Sorel page: 34
- Colt Industries Names J.F. Morgan President Power Systems Div. page: 34
- J.J. Henry Company Moorestown/Norfolk Announces Promotions page: 34
- Sydney Swan Retires From American Bureau page: 35
- More Navy Ship Repair Work For Private Shipyards page: 37
- Sun Ship Builds Big, Fast Trailership In Record Time page: 37
- Stewart & Stevenson Open London Office; Knapp Named Manager page: 38
- Captain Robert E. Hart Named New President Marine Index Bureau page: 39
- Military Sealift Command Invites Offers To Operate Nine 25,000-Dwt Tankers page: 41
- Hydro Products Introduces New Right Angle Adaptor For Underwater TV Camera page: 41