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Charles Murphy Receives

Halert C. Shepheard Award

For Merchant Marine Safety

Rear Adm. Charles P. Murphy, USCG (ret.), general manager, ship construction,

Sea-Land Service, Inc., has been named re- cipient of the second annual Halert C. Shep- heard Award for achievement in marine safety.

Robert T. Young (left) presents the second annual

Halert C. Shepheard Award for achievement in mer- chant marine safety to Rear Adm. Charles P. Murphy,

USCG (ret.).

The award was established by the Amer- ican Institute of Merchant Shipping in honor of the late Rear Adm. Halert C. Shepheard, who served in the United States Coast Guard as Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, and was internationally acclaimed for his work in the field. The award is administered by the American Bureau of Shipping, and was presented to Rear Admiral Murphy by

ABS chairman Robert T. Young at the Bu- reau's annual Board of Managers dinner held at the New York Yacht Club on November 9.

The award cited Rear Admiral Murphy as "a leader, administrator, delegate, and spokesman (who) has shown a widely re- spected lifelong concern for and dedication to merchant marine safety."

A graduate of the Webb Institute of Naval

Architecture, Rear Admiral Murphy joined the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navi- gation in 1935, and became Chief of the

Hull Technical Section in 1939. The Bureau's functions were transferred to the United

States Coast Guard in 1942 and Rear Ad- miral Murphy advanced there to Chief, Mer- chant Marine Technical Division, and subse- quently, Chief, Office of Merchant Marine

Safety.

During his Coast Guard career, Rear Ad- miral Murphy represented the United States in various international maritime safety forums. He was a member of the U.S. dele- gation at the Conference on the Safety of

Life at Sea in 1948 and 1960, when he also served as U.S. spokesman on the Nuclear

Power Committee. Between 1959 and 1970, he attended numerous meetings of bodies of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consulta- tive Organization (IMCO), including sessions of the Maritime Safety Committee, Council and Assembly. In 1968 and 1969, he was elected chairman of the IMCO Maritime

Safety Committee. In 1969, he also served as chairman of the U.S. delegation to the

International Conference on Tonnage Meas- urement of Ships.

In 1968, the Secretary of Transportation awarded Rear Admiral Murphy the Legion of Merit for performance as Chief, Office of

Merchant Marine Safety. In 1970, the Sec- retary again recognized Rear Admiral

Murphy's performance with a Gold Star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit. Rear Ad- miral Murphy was also cited by the Depart- ment of State in 1970 in a Tribute of Ap- preciation.

Rear Admiral Murphy retired from the

Coast Guard in 1970 and joined Sea-Land

Service, Inc. as manager, ship construction,

Europe, during the building program of the eight SL-7 containerships. He subsequently was appointed to the position of director, technical relations, and recently to his pres- ent position of general manager, ship con- struction.

Rear Admiral Murphy has served as chair- man of the Ship Structure Committee, and is a member of the Technical Committee of the American Bureau of Shipping. He is the author of "Lifesaving Equipment and

Aids to Navigation," a chapter in the book,

Design and Construction of Steel Merchant

Ships.

The Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard

Award consists of a Steuben crystal eagle, a citation, and leather presentation book.

Boyd, Weir & Sewell, Inc.

Appoints Martin And Wright

A.D. Jonker, vice president of Boyd, Weir & Sewell, Inc., steamship agents and ship- brokers, 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004, has announced the appointment of

Peter Martin as assistant line manager of their Bank Line Department.

Richard Wright has taken the position of account manager for the Knutsen and Ital- pacific Lines services.

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