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Admiral Loy, Grace Allen Receive Silver Bell Honors

McMullen honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Mrs. Jackie McMullen, the Rev. Dr. Jean R. Smith, and Dr. John McMullen, recipient of the

Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Susan Lerner/SCI)

Some of the industry's biggest players and supporters were present to honor

Admiral James Loy and Grace Allen at the 26th Annual Silver Bell Awards

Dinner on June 17 at Chelsea Piers in

Manhattan. Also recognized, was John

J. McMullen, renowned naval architect and marine engineer, and former CEO of

United States Lines, who received a

Lifetime Achievement Award.

The event, which is one of the indus- try's top social and philanthropic events of the season, drew a record 954 guests, and raised more than $550,000 for the

Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey. "We are grateful for the support of the maritime industry and our friends," said the Rev. Dr. Jean R. Smith. SCI's

Executive Director. "Mariners are a vul- nerable workforce and this strong show of support for the Institute's programs keeps our worldwide safety net strong."

Richard T. du Moulin, President of

Intrepid Shipping and Silver Bell Dinner

Chairman since 1996, reported that 11 new companies joined SCI's loyal sup- porters. "The Institute's service to mariners and port communities is unequaled among freestanding maritime agencies," said du

Moulin.

The evening's festivities began with a parade of vessels representing Bouchard

Transportation, Circle Line Statue of

Liberty, Donjon Marine, Gateway

Terminals, K-Sea Transportation

Corporation, McAllister Towing,

Metropolitan Yacht Charters, Millers

Launch, Moran Towing, the New York

City Fire Department, New York City

Police Department, Reinauer

Transportation, Roehrig Marine, Sandy

Hook Pilots, and the United States Coast

Guard. The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, the

Episcopal Bishop of New York and

SCI's honorary Chairman, blessed each vessel as they passed the waving crowd.

Mid-way through the evening, the main event began — the presentations of the signature "Silver Bells" from SCI to Admiral Loy, and Grace Allen - both of who hold the backgrounds and contributions to merit this award.

Admiral Loy, currently serves as the

Administrator for the Transportation

Security Administration — a new feder- al agency formed by the Aviation

Transportation Security Act. Since the organization was formed in November 2002, Loy ensures that his agency pro- vides security for the traveling public and for all commercial transportation.

Allen, who is the Chairman of SCI's

Arts and Artifacts Committee, is an avid sailor, who has orchestrated many of the

Institute's maritime art openings in the

Water Street Gallery, located at SCI's headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

Through her efforts, she has given the general public an opportunity to appre- ciate a mariner's life through art and arti- facts.

Honored with SCI's Lifetime

Achievement Award was Dr. John J.

McMullen, a 1940 graduate of the

Naval Academy, who served in the

Pacific theater during WWII. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Campaign

Medal and the World War II Victory

Medal. His civilian career includes lead- ing the U.S. Maritime Administration's

Office of Ship Construction and Repair, and working as president and CEO of

United States Lines — all before estab- lishing the naval architecture firm that bears his name — John J. McMullen

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