USMMA Alumni Honored At Kings Point Dinner
Eleven business and military men who are U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates were honored f o r their professional achievements by the Kings Point Alumni Association at a dinner on October 6, at the Academy's Officers' Club.
Six other alumni were cited for their service to the Alumni Association.
Heading the awards list as Alumnus of the Year was Capt.
Warren G. Leback of Houston, Texas, class of 1944. Mr. Leback is vice president of El Paso Liquefied Natural Gas Company, and served as president of the Kings Point Alumni Association from 1974 to 1977.
The Outstanding Professional Achievement Award winners were: Commodore J.V. Francisco of Quezon City, Philippines, class of 1953, who serves in his country's Navy; Capt. Herman E.
Fritzke, USN, of Fort Totten, N.Y., class of 1958, Commander, Military Sealift Command's Atlantic District; John Hall of Plainfield, Vt., class of 1943, president of Goddard College; Petro Kulynych of Wilkesboro, N.C., class of 1943, chairman of the board of Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Joseph M. Mahoney of Beverly, Mass., class of 1943, president of Chemical Applications Company, Inc.; Rear Adm. Thomas W. McNamara, USN, of Great Lakes, 111., class of 1948, Commandant, Ninth Naval District and Commander, Great Lakes Naval Base; James J. O'Brien of Berkeley Heights, N.J., class of 1958, director of maritime activities at the Port of Oakland; Capt. Norman H. Olson, USN, of Virginia Beach, Va., class of 1953, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Group Two; Wilson Stackhouse of San Rafael, Calif., class of 1943, president of Argo International Company, and Joseph K. Tynan of New Orleans, La., class of 1943, president of Charles D. Wood & Company.
Mr. Tynan also received a Meritorious Alumni Service award.
The other alumni honored in this group were James J. Gallagher of Barnhardt, Mo., class of 1963; Michael F. Gallagher of Kirkwood, Mo., class of 1963; Charles E. Home of East Greenwich, R.I., class of 1953; Stuart K. Mills of Newport, R.I., class of 1958, and Paul W. Smith of Tacoma, Wash., class of 1953.
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Content
- Approve Procedures Necessary To Implement Change In CDS Rate page: 4
- American Atlantic Shipping Launches First Ship — The M/V America page: 7
- $156 Million To Avondale To Construct Catugs For Service To Soviet Union page: 8
- Griffiths Receives Title XI To Build Tug And Barge page: 8
- Title XI Approved For Manatee Integrated Tug-Barge Units page: 10
- MarAd Awards Five Research Contracts page: 11
- Baker Marine Enters License Agreement With Argentine Corporation page: 12
- John T. Gilbride Named Whitehall Club President page: 12
- Interocean Management Elects Steele President page: 14
- USMMA Alumni Honored At Kings Point Dinner page: 15
- ExecuSearch Moves To New Modern Quarters page: 15
- Marine Diesel Engineering— A Continuing Education Program page: 16
- Second Of Four Triple-Deck TMT Barges Placed In Service page: 16
- Halter Delivers Oceangoing Tug To Jackson Marine Corp. page: 18
- Clyde Iron Develops New Crane For Ports And Shipbuilding page: 18
- H.M. Tiedemann & Company Completes Vibration Analysis Survey For Canadian DOT page: 18
- Mon River Towing Buys Fleet Of Coal Barges page: 20
- Proform Announces New SFRP Corrugated Lift-Off Barge Covers page: 23
- Gladding-Hearn To Construct Boat For Pilots Association page: 23
- Yards Requested To Bid On 320-Foot Ferry For Cape May-Lewes Service page: 24
- Anthony McAllister Honored By Stevens Tech page: 25
- IMODCO Receives $6-Million Contract From Argentine Firm page: 25
- 188,500-DWT Tanker For Transport Of Alaskan Oil Christened At National Steel And Shipbuilding page: 25
- Mobil Oil Installs MVI Entertainment System On Nine Ships page: 26
- Iran Orders Floating Dock —First Such Contract For Kawasaki Heavy Industries page: 26
- Gulf-Tampa Drydock Names Marvin DeBerry page: 27
- Murdoch Opens Office In Portland, Oregon page: 27
- New Radiotelephone Available From Apelco page: 27
- Sembawang's Latest Facility— A New $9-Million Finger Pier page: 28
- Carrington Slipways Launches Three Vessels In One Week page: 28
- Moran Shipping Elects Philip Moran President page: 32
- Three Papers And Tour Of Caterpillar Plant Features SNAME Section Meeting In Peoria page: 32
- Hewitt-Robins Publishes Tri-Language Brochure On Cargoveyor Systems page: 34
- U.S. Shipyards Receive Contracts For 25 Ships- January To October '78 page: 35
- Apache Awarded First Contract To Lay Pipe page: 36
- Sembawang Appoints David Chen Yard Manager page: 36
- Guralnick Organization Relocates To Enlarged Facilities In San Francisco page: 37
- SNAME Los Angeles Hears Paper On Calculation Of Curves With A Hand Held Calculator page: 37
- Sun Ship Lays Keel For Matson Containership page: 38
- SNAME Gulf Section Holds Fall Meeting page: 38
- Kawasaki Converts Semi-Passenger Into Full-Passenger Ship page: 42
- MarAd Releases 58-Page Publication On U.S. Port Industry page: 42
- Containership S/S Argonaut Launched For Farreil Lines By Bath Iron Works page: 43
- Maritime College Earns Further Accreditation page: 44
- Waukesha Engine Names C.E. Lee President page: 44
- Goodway Introduces New Heavy-Duty Tube Cleaner page: 45
- American Bureau Classes 55 Vessels In September page: 45
- Irish Citizens To Train At Deepsea Diving School In U.S. page: 48