Thorpe Named Committee Chairman By Shipbuilders Council Of America

Veteran shipbuilding executive Richard W. Thorpe Jr. of Bath Iron Works has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the C o m m e r c i a l Shipbuilding Committee of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Washington, D.C.

Marine Marketing and Long Range Planning manager of the Bath, Maine, shipyard, he is the first elected head of the committee formed to analyze and implement methods of revitalizing the U.S. merchant marine and its shipbuilding base.

Mr. Thorpe describes the committee as a "think tank" to formulate policies and e n c o u r a ge legislation that will result in a practical national maritime policy.

Mr. Thorpe, who g r a d u a t ed f r om the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture as a marine engineer and naval architect, and the Harvard Business School, has been with Bath Iron Works since 1965 in jobs ranging from Navy ship contract administration to corporate long-range planning.

The members of his committee are Richard C.M. Calvert I I I , Newport News Shipbuilding; Roland V. Danielson, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division ; Richard Orth, Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Gerald A. Livingston, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; Edward L. Pickler Jr., Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation; Stuart C.

Jones, Todd Shipyards Corporation; Alfred W. Lutter Jr., National Steel and S h i p b u i l d i ng C o m p a n y ; and Richard Frost, Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry D o c k Company. Valuable staff support has been provided by Frank R. Kesterman of the Shipbuilders Council, and James W.

Charrier Jr. of Charrier, McAteer & Fetting.

Until the recent election, the committee was chaired by Edwin M. Hood, chairman, Shipbuilders Council of America, which is comprised of major U.S. shipyards and related industries.

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