Robert P.H. Phillips has been appointed principal surveyor for Western Europe for the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and Vincent F. Roth has been named assistant area principal surveyor for Western Europe for ABS. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Roth are stationed in the ABS London, Engand, office. Announcement of their appointments was made by William N. Johnston, ABS chairman and president.
Mr. Phillips joined ABS in 1966 and served as a surveyor in Pascagoula, Miss.; Yokohama, Japan; and Keelung, Taiwan. He was appointed senior surveyor for Taiwan in 1968 and principal surveyor for Taiwan in 1970. From 1975 until his new appointment, Mr. Phillips was principal surveyor for Japan, stationed in Tokyo.
Prior to joining ABS, he served as a chief engineer for States Marine Corporation.
Mr. Roth joined ABS in 1967 and served as a surveyor in Newport News, Va.; Gothenburg, Sweden; Odense, Denmark; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and San Diego, Calif. He was appointed a senior surveyor in San Diego in 1975, and assistant principal surveyor for France and Northwest Africa in 1976. From 1977 until his new appointment, Mr.
Roth was principal surveyor for France and Northwest Africa.
subsidy (CDS) to aid in the construction of two such vessels. The MSB made the following determinations, among others: (1) That Western Europe is the fair and representative shipbuilding center on which to base the estimated f o r e i g n construction cost of the vessels; and (2) That the
Technical Staff in 1962, and was named principal surveyor of the Technical Staff in 1964. He was appointed p r i n c i p a l s u r v e y o r for Western Europe in 1972. Three years later, he was elected a vice president. Mr. Bates graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Science
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