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American Society Of
Naval Engineers Names
Ivan Monk President
Ivan Monk, currently vice chair- man of the board of directors of
DeLaval Turbine Inc., assumed leadership of the American Soci- ety of Naval Engineers on June 30, 1978, as the 85th president of the
Society. The presidential term of the Society is one year.
Ivan Monk
Mr. Monk graduated from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1934, receiving his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, and subsequently from the Advanced
Management Program, Harvard
Business School, in 1956. He was commissioned ensign, U.S. Navy, upon his graduation from Georgia
Tech in 1934, and from 1941 until 1943 served as engineer officer on the destroyer USS Blakely, dur- ing which period he was awarded the Legion of Merit for his role in saving the Blakely after she was torpedoed and blown in half in the Caribbean Sea in May 1942. From 1943 until 1945, he served as engineering officer, USS
Bataan, and in this capacity was awarded the Bronze Star for his performance of duty which en- abled the Bataan to steam con- tinuously for over 39,000 miles without stopping during opera- tions against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Theatre of
Operations.
Subsequent thereto, he was en- gineer officer on the aircraft car- rier USS Princeton (1946-47) ; as- sistant director, Naval Boiler and
Turbine Laboratory, in charge of development testing of advanced designs for turbines, gears, and boilers (1947-49) ; and in charge of the Turbine and Gear Branch,
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships (1949- 53). From 1953 until 1955, he was
Design Superintendent, New York
Naval Shipyard, and was in charge of the design of the aircraft carri- er USS Saratoga, the first carrier to be fitted with a high-pressure, high-temperature steam plant, as well as a self-tilting mast to per- mit it to pass beneath the Brook- lyn Bridge without major struc- tural removal prior to each such passage. In 1955, Mr. Monk re- turned to the Bureau of Ships where he was in charge of the
Aircraft Carrier Branch until 1958, when he became the Direc- tor of the Machinery Division, an assignment which he held until 1960 when he retired from the
U.S. Naval Service, having at- tained the rank of captain.
In 1961, he joined DeLaval Tur- bine Inc. as manager of the Serv- ice and Repair Department, Tur- bine Division. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to vice president and general manager of the Tur- bine Division, subsequently as- suming positions of responsibility, including group vice president, ex- ecutive vice president, and presi- dent and chief executive officer until 1975, when he was elected vice chairman of DeLaval's board of directors, a position he cur- rently holds.
He is a fellow in the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers and past chairman of its Trenton
Section; a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers and past chairman of its Philadelphia Section; and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and
Pi Tau Sigma. In addition, he is listed in Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in America, is a registered professional engineer in the District of Columbia, and has held an unlimited chief engineer's license in the U.S. merchant ma- rine since 1943. Mr. Monk joined the American Society of Naval
Engineers in 1946, subsequently serving on its National Council and as its vice president.
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