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Editorial

MARITIME write this from the home I grew

REPORTER up in, Fair? eld, Ohio, a com-

AND munity just north of Cincinnati

ENGINEERING NEWS

I where my parents have lived in

M A R I N E L I N K . C O M the same home they built in 1960. My

HQ mom and dad were born ? ve years 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10010 USA before the outbreak of World War II,

T +1.212.477.6700 part of ‘The Greatest Generation’ that

CEO John C. O’Malley helped to build the United States into [email protected] the innovative industrial powerhouse;

Publisher & Editor my father a Tool & Die Maker for

Greg Trauthwein [email protected]

General Motors, my mom a ? xture in

Photo by Justin Zurre

Contributing Editors the local school district and communi-

Amir Garanovic competition.” Rather than trying to become

Celia Konowe ty. Growing up, time and again, I saw

Bob Kunkel a lower-cost version of Asia, Carmel believes

Wendy Laursen this pair sacri? ce their own personal gain for

Philip Lewis

America should compete where it has histori-

Edward Lundquist the good of their immediate and large extend-

Barry Parker cally excelled: technology, innovation and

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