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Nelson, a retired U.S. Navy Cap- tain and president of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers headquartered in

New York City.

A 1947 graduate of the Naval

Academy at Annapolis, Mr. Nelson spent five years at sea before at- tending Webb Institute of Naval

Architecture, where he earned a master's degree in naval architec- ture and marine engineering in 1955. Subsequently, he rose through the Navy ranks to become com- manding officer of the David W.

Taylor Naval Research and Devel- opment Center in Bethesda, Md.

In 1975 he retired after 28 years of

Naval service and joined the Rosen- blatt firm as vice president of opera- tions. He was elected president of the firm in April 1984.

Mr. Nelson has been a member of the Society since 1955, and was elected an honorary vice president in 1983. He has been serving as chairman of the Editorial Commit- tee of the SNAME journal Marine

Technology.

Elected honorary vice presidents (for life) were: Ralph D. Cooper of the National Academy of Science and chairman of the Editorial Com- mittee of the Journal of Ship Re- search; and Robert E. Stark, vice president of Gibbs & Cox Inc. and long-time chairman of the SNAME

Scholarship Committee.

The SNAME Council elected two honorary members (for life): retiring president French and George C.

Nickum, recently retired chairman of Nickum & Spaulding Associates,

Inc.

Medals & Awards

At the banquet in the Hilton's

Grand Ballroom on November 9, the

Society's three medals were pre- sented. The David W. Taylor Medal "for notable achievement in naval architecture and marine engineer- ing" that is given annually went to one of the world's foremost hydro- dynamicists, Dr. Jan D. Van

Manen, president of the Nether- lands Ship Model Basin. He holds a doctorate from Delft Technological

University and is Extraordinary

Professor there. His career spans more than 35 years, dealing with ship propulsion and propeller de- sign, making the Netherlands Basin at Wageningen one of the world's best known.

The maritime community needs no introduction to Lester Rosen- blatt, recipient of the annual Vice

Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal, given "for outstanding accomplishment in the marine field." In 1947, with his late father Mandell Rosenblatt, he formed the firm M. Rosenblatt &

Son, Inc. A University of Michigan graduate, he is a past president of

SNAME.

The Davidson Medal is awarded biennially "for outstanding scien- tific accomplishment in ship re- search." Its recipient, Dr. John V.

Wehausen, retired recently as

Professor of Engineering Science at the University of California. He holds a doctorate in mathematics (continued on page 20)

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