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Mobil Oil Corporation

Promotes John Knepper

John T. Knepper

John T. Knepper has been ap- pointed manager, U.S. fleet in Mo- bil Oil Corporation's marine trans- portation department. He was manager, Gulf-East Coast fleet, and was succeeded by Robert F. Desel on April 1.

Mr. Knepper received his Bache- lor of Science degree in marine en- gineering from Kings Poin.t in 1947 and joined Mobil upon graduation.

He sailed in the fleet as engineer officer from third assistant to chief engineer.

In 1956, while in the technical division, he spent two years with the N/S Savannah Project, the de- velopment o'f the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. He also served as senior research tech- nologist in the technical service laboratories in Brooklyn, and later as employee relations manager of the marine department before be- coming Gulf-East Coast manager in 1969.

Mr. Desel received a B.S. degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of

Michigan and a naval engineering degree from Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. Prior to join- ing Mobil in September 1969, he served in the U.S. Navy with the rank of captain, holding various posts in design, engineering and construction.

Mr. Knepper succeeds Arthur E.

Fischer, who has become manager, relations, for the marine transporta- tion department.

Two 5-Day Programs

Announced By M.I.T.

For Summer Of 1974

The Massachusetts Institute of

Technology Department of Ocean

Engineering has announced two five-day programs to be given at the institute in Cambridge, Mass., during the summer of 1974.

The first, "Ship Structural Anal- ysis and Design," is to be held July 8 through July 12. The intent of this special summer program is to discuss several of the most impor- tant aspects of ship structural de- sign as they have developed during the very recent past. The program is an outgrowth of the book "Ship

Structural Design Concepts," spon- sored by the Ship Structure Com- mittee, which is to be published this spring. It will be supplied to participants, and selected authors of chapters in the book will give lectures on the statistics of hull loadings and structural strength, compression strength of welded grillages, margins of safety, first cycle midship section design syn- thesis and applications of optimiz- ation and structural synthesis methods.

This first program is under the supervision of Prof J. Harvey

Evans of the M.I.T. Department of

Ocean Engineering. Tuition is $400, due and payable upon notification of admission. No academic credit is offered.

The second program, "Quantita- tive Methods of Ship Production

Control," will be given August 19 through August 23. This program is designed for ship production planners and managers and will deal with the theoretical and ap- plied aspects of modern quantita- tive techniques of production plan- ning control, and scheduling. It is under the general direction of Prof.

Ernst G. Frankel of the Depart- ment of Ocean Engineering, and lectures will be given by members of the staff of M.I.T. and selected guest speakers from industry. Tu- ition is $500, due and payable upon notification of admission. Academic credit is not offered.

Further information may be ob- tained by writing to: Director of

Summer Session, Room E19-356,

Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. ifiagfijoann: FT -Model 2810VSF

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