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Johnston Elected

Vice President Of ABS

William N. Johnston

William N. Johnston, formerly assistant 'to the chairman of Ameri- can Bureau of Shipping, was elect- ed vice president, it was announced by Robert T. Young, the chairman and president of ABS.

A native of Mobile, Ala., Mr.

Johnston was graduated from Ala- bama Polytechnic Institute with a

B.S. degree in mechanical engi- neering, and Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology with a B.S. de- gree in naval architecture and ma- rine engineering.

He joined ABS in 1951, and was a surveyor for seven years in Eu- rope and eight years in the United

States before being appointed prin- cipal surveyor of the New Orleans,

La., office. Mr. Johnston was then appointed principal surveyor for

Western Europe in 1968 and re- turned to the United States in 1972, when he was appointed assis- tant to the chairman. Mr. Johnston is a member of The Society of Na- val Architects and Marine Engi- neers, the Institute of Marine En- gineers, the American Welding

Society, and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

NWTI Offers Course

At Sturgeon Bay On

Marine Construction 'In the fall of 1974, a new one- year diploma educational program in Maritime Construction will open on the Sturgeon Bay campus of

Northeast Wisconsin Technical In- stitute, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Enroll- ments are now being accepted for the first class, according to Donald

Henderson, area supervisor. The program has been given official ap- proval by the Wiconsin Board and the Northeast Wisconsin Vocation- al, Technical and Adult Education

District Board.

Objectives of the Maritime Con- struction program are to pfepare students with job entry skills to enter the shipbuilding and/or repair field. Related skills are to include shipfitting, lofting, welding, pipe- fitting and electricity as used in the maritime industry. Those em- ployed in the industry may take the program for the upgrading of skills and for job advancement.

NWTI establishes the Maritime

Construction program on a full- time basis in response to a survey of the industry.

Details of the program were de- veloped by NWTl with six mem- bers df a Maritime Construction

Advisory Committee. Committee- men include Gerald Hintz of Peter- son Builders, Inc., Robert Boler of

Palmer Johnson, Inc., C.A. Hunter of Bay Shipbuilding, all of Stur- geon Bay; Jim Derusha of Mari- nette Marine Corp., Marinette;

Wally Markham, Carver Boat Co. of Pulaski, and Roy Thompson of

Cruisers, Inc., Oconto. 'Northeast Wisconsin Technical

Institute-Sturgeon Bay Campus is completely equipped to offer the program. Special equipment to be acquired prior to the opening of the program includes special ship mod- els of hulls and section models of hulls for showing ship construction and how and where various lines and starting points originate.

Mr. Henderson said that the new

Marine Construction program train- ing will fall into five main cate- gories called shipbuilding technol- ogy, namely, (1) Shipfitting, (2)

Metal Fabrication, (3) Soft Materi- al Fabrication, (4) Electrical and

Piping, and (5) Mechanics. He said the dictionary of occupational titles lists over 90 occupations which re- late to the ship and boatbuilding industry.

For further information, con- tact Student Services Department,

Northeast Wisconsin Technical In- stitute, 229 North 14th Avenue,

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 54235. •Before it (pets started

Galveston accepts the challenge of untan gling today's complex network of shippin; problems b\ perfecting communications be tween you and the problem solvers

The West Gulf's only Total Operating Port.

Galveston guarantees immediate action to free cargo bottlenecks. Each vital port service is watched over and controlled by a person within Wharves' management available and responsible to you

We accept the responsibility

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