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A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION il Engineering' lington, D.C. nal and provide a forum for explor- ing and exchanging new ideas and technology while sharing experi- ences in naval engineering, repre- sents over 8,500 military and civil- ian naval engineers. About 200 ex- hibitors will be on hand to demon- strate their products and services.

Regarded annually as ASNE Day, the five-day event will begin Tues-

April, 1988 day evening, May 3, at the Washing- ton Navy Yard, one of the first naval shipyards in the United States, fol- lowed by a reception at the yard's

Navy Museum.

Traditionally the best-attended annual Navy show, ASNE Day pri- marily focuses on Naval vessels— ship design, ship machinery, equip- ment and engineering advances.

On Wednesday, May 4, activities begin at the Omni Shoreham Hotel with special sessions designed to look at the past, present and the future of naval engineering. Session

I is titled "Once Upon A Time," and

Session II, "Memoirs," includes a skit set in 1888.

Session III, "Recent Engineering

Developments," will focus on the present, followed in the afternoon by a distinguished panel discussion in Session IV, "Visions of the Fu- ture."

At noon, the Centennial luncheon will feature Adm. Kinnaird R.

McKee, USN, director, Naval Nu- clear Propulsion and provide the (continued) 11