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AXIAL FLOW from ^^C^ 250 CFM through 35,000 CFM has more than 2000 ^ in stock! .

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Marine starters for most fans • Large stock of Centrifugal fans subsequently served a five-year apprenticeship as ship draftsman at Bartram and Sons, Ltd.

Prior to his employment at

NASSCO in 1961, Mr. Evans was a design engineer and estimator for Furness Shipbuilding (Hover- ton Hill, England), and then su- pervisor of the naval architects department of Davie Shipbuild- ing (Quebec, Canada).

Since joining NASSCO, Mr.

Evans has served as assistant na- val architect, where he was re- sponsible for all hull design calcu- lations and associated drawings for both commercial and naval vessels. In 1973, he was appointed chief naval architect, responsible for the Hull Scientific, Hull Draft- ing, and Steel Control groups.

Mr. Evans has co-authored three technical papers which were presented to the San Diego Sec- tion of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers.

He is a member of the Society, as well as a member of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects,

England.

Gulf Section SNAME Holds Annual Spring Meeting

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NASSCO Elects Evans

Vice Pres.-Engineering

Kenneth Evans

At its recent board of directors meeting, National Steel and Ship- building Company, San Diego,

Calif., elected Kenneth Evans as vice president-engineering. This promotion reflects his increased responsibilities as head of the growing engineering capability.

A native of Sunderland, Eng- land, Mr. Evans graduated from

Sunderland Technical College, ma- joring in naval architecture, and

Technical papers contributors at the Annual Spring Meeting of the SNAME Gulf

Section included (front, left to right) Jack Irick, Robert H. Nichols, William H.

Johnston, Harry W. O'Brien, (back) Sal Guarino, Jack Brandau, Gary Rook, G.

Rogers Smith, S.M. Sangiri, and Ralph Martin.

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More than 1500 sold the last few years.

Ourcustomers:

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Members of the Gulf Section of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently met at the Fairmont Hotel in

New Orleans, La., for their An- nual Spring Meeting.

Rear Adm. William H. Livings- ton, USN (ret.), president of the

Louisiana Shipbuilding and Re- pair Association, gave the key- note address at the luncheon meeting.

Throughout the day, technical papers were presented by au- thors from the Gulf Section, which includes Texas, Louisiana,

Mississippi, and Alabama. "We were delighted these pa- pers were so enthusiastically re- ceived," said Papers chairman

Ralph Martin of the American

Bureau of Shipping in New Or- leans.

Rear Adm. William H. Livingston key- noted the noon luncheon.

Contributors included Harrv W.

O'Brien Jr., "SCR Controlled Pro- pulsion"; Robert H. Nichols and

William H. Johnston, "State of the Art of Shipboard Drives —

Past, Present, and Future"; Jack

Irick, "Design and Construction of the Hondo Platform in 850

Feet of Water in the Santa Bar- bara Channel"; G. Rogers Smith and S.M. Sangiri, "Selection of

Semi-Submersible Drilling Ves- sels Based on Topside Live Load- ing Capabilities"; Jack Brandau, "The Ship Model Basin — A Val- uable Tool to the Naval Archi- tect" ; and Gary Rook, "Bayou

Boat Building as it Relates to

Modern Tug Design."

A dinner-dance at the Fair- mont Hotel for the 450 guests culminated the day's activities.

Louisiana Lt. Gov. James Fitz- morris was the special guest at the evening social.

General chairman of the Gulf

Section is Fred Shumaker of El

Paso LNG Co. He will be suc- ceeded in 1977 by William W.

Hamilton of Friede & Goldman,

Inc.

Vice chairman, Central, Sal Guarino (left) welcomes Louisiana Lt. Gov. James

Fitzmorris.

Gulf Section chairman Fred Shumaker (left) and vice chairman, East, Carlie

Baxter Jr.

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