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MEETING EXECUTIVES, left to right: Robert G. Mende, secretary and executive direc- tor of the Society; William F. Gordon, chairman, San Diego Section; Charles E. Heil, secretary-treasurer, Los Angeles Metropolitan Section, host section; David C.

Pritchard, chairman, Northern California Section, and Robert T. Young, president of the Society.

MEETINGS COMMITTEE, left to right: Charles E. Heil, Atlantic Richfield Company;

J. Robert Malone, General Electric Co., assistant chairman; C.R. Schaeffner, Global

Marine Development, Inc.; Robert A. Rourke, J.J. Henry Co., Inc., committee chair- man; Robert C. Lambie, Todd Pacific Shipyards, and E.V. Stewart, Atlantic Richfield

Company.

SNAME California Sections

Hold Annual Joint Meeting

The 21st annual joint meeting of the Cali- fornia Sections of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers was held in Santa Barbara this year. Los Angeles acted as the host to members from both San

Francisco and San Diego. The meeting was organized by Robert A. Rourke of the J.J.

Henry Co., Inc., and he was ably assisted by

J. Robert Malone of the Marine Division of the General Electric Company.

The central theme of the conference was "Energy — Transportation — Estimation —

Regulation." The first of a series of papers was presented by Joseph W. Koch Jr. of

Pacific Marine Associates, in which he dis- cussed the "Regulatory Process For New

Marine Related Energy Projects." He de- scribed the seemingly endless, and still con- tinuing struggle, of the Southern California

Gas Company to secure approval for the importation of LNG from Indonesia. The prospect is good, but the date for comple- tion of this project is still being slipped.

A past chairman of the Los Angeles Met- ropolitan Section, Harold D. Ramsden, Global

Marine Development, Inc., delivered a stir-

SPEAKERS, left to right: Joseph W. Koch Jr., Pacific

Marine Associates; Stanley Factor and Sandra J. Grove,

Atlantic Richfield Company, and Harold D. Ramsden,

Global Marine Development, Inc. ring paper on "Estimating For Offshore En- ergy Development." His emphasis was cen- tered on the need for considering all aspects, both hidden and apparent, of any deep ocean project. The very worst must be anticipated if at all possible. He illustrated his points from his own wealth of experience. These were corroborated with similar statements of concurrence from members of the audience.

The final paper was a joint presentation of

Stanley Factor and Sandra J. Grove, both of the Atlantic Richfield Company. It was sup- ported with a series of slides and a short movie illustrating the striking beauty and impressive scenery surrounding this tremen- dous construction project in the barren wastes of Alaska. The seagoing aspects of this paper concentrated on the approach to the Port of Valdez. Their subject was titled "Alaskan Transportation — An Overview of

Some Aspects of Transporting Alaska Crude

Oil." Their point of emphasis was to show how the previous planning had successfully been implemented into a highly efficient, ef- fective and safe method of shipping crude oil from the North Slope to the lower forties.

SAN DIEGO SECTION OFFICERS, left to right: Wesley

W. Hickman, National Steel & Shipbuilding, secretary- treasurer; Angus D. Murdoch, NASSCO, vice chairman, and William F. Gordon, M. Rosenblatt & Son, chairman.

There were several special guests present at this annual affair, including Robert T.

Young, chairman of the American Bureau of Shipping and president of the Society;

Robert G. Mende, secretary and executive director of SNAME; Lester Rosenblatt of

M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., honorary vice president; and Everett A. Catlin, The Bab- cock & Wilcox Co., a vice president of the

Society. The conference was well attended by members of all three of the California Sec- tions, and they were provided a well-rounded social program which included their wives and guests. Mr. Young addressed the group at the main luncheon on Saturday, and de- livered a statement in review of the energy problems of this country and the contribu- tions that can and have been made by the professionals of the marine and ocean-related industries.

As host Section, Los Angeles was repre- sented by Charles E. Heil of The Atlantic

Richfield Company. William A. Hood, West

Coast Shipping Company, is the current chairman, but he was suddenly called out of the country on more urgent business. His vice chairman, Capt. J.E. Kaune, USN, Com- mander of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, was also called away unexpectedly and was unable to participate. Nevertheless, Mr. Heil was supported by the presence of Section officers, including David C. Pritchard, Chev- ron Shipping Company, Northern California

Section chairman, SNAME, and William F.

Gordon, M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., San Diego

Section chairman.

Such a professional meeting, no matter how ambitious the planning and personal contributions of effort and concern of indi- viduals, cannot be a success without the sup- port of industry itself. In this instance, it was notable indeed. The list of both national and local firms sponsoring this activity turned out to be a long one. That this was appreciated can only be measured by the enthusiasm and attentiveness of those there.

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