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Geo. W. Rogers Presents Painting To South Street Seaport Museum George W. Rogers (left) shows the painting "Work in Progress, Seaport Pier," by the noted marine artist Charles Lundgren, to Jakob Isbrandtsen as David Rockefeller wit- nesses the presentation made below deck aboard the Ambrose Lightship. Frank Nemec Elected AIMS Board Chairman —Executives Named Frank A. Nemec One of the nation's foremost maritime executives, who has long been a leader in the advancement of the United States-flag steamship industry, has been elected chair- man of the board of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS). He is Frank A. Nemec, president, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans. The change in AIMS' leadership was announced by outgoing board chairman Everett S. Checket, vice- president, marine transportation and marine sales, Mobil Oil Cor- poration. New York, N.Y., follow- ing an AIMS board meeting at the India House in New York City. Mr. Checket also announced that Leo C. Ross, president, Pacific Far East Line, San Francisco, Calif., will be the new chairman of AIMS' liner council, succeeding Spyros S. Skouras, president and chief ex- ecutive officer, Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y. He added that H.A. Steyn Jr., man- ager, Relations Division, marine transportation department, Mobil Oil Corporation, will succeed John I. Mingay, vice-president and gen- eral manager, marine department, Texaco, Inc., New York, N.Y., as chairman of the tanker council. AIMS, organized January 1, 1969 on consolidation of the Amer- ican Merchant Marine Institute, the Committee of American Steam- ship Lines and the Pacific Ameri- can Steamship Association, is com- prised of 35 steamship companies operating tankers and subsidized and non-subsidized dry cargo ships in the foreign and coastal trades. The lines own nearly 520 United States-flag merchant ships, ag- gregating over eight million tons, and representing more than half of the privately-owned vessels in the 900-ship active Merchant Ma- rine. According to Mr. Checket four new board members are Capt. J. W. Clark, president, Delta Steam- ship Lines, Inc., New Orleans, La.; Russell C. Curtis, general man- ager, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston, Texas; Man- uel Diaz, president, American Ex- port Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y.; and Eugene Yourch, vice-president, Marine Transport Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y. Continuing as board members 1970 in addition to Messrs. Chec- ket, Mingay, Nemec, and Ross, are W.C. Brodhead, vice-president, transportation, Marine Division, Gulf Oil Corporation, New York, N.Y.; Lawrence C. Ford, presi- dent, Chevron Shipping Company, San Francisco, Calif.; Worth B. Fowler, president, American Presi- dent Lines, Ltd., San Francisco, Calif.; Charles Kurz, president, Keystone Shipping Company. Phi- ladelphia, Pa.; William T. Moore Sr., president, Moore-McCormack Lines, New York, N.Y.; Norman Scott, executive vice-president, Matson Navigation Company, San Francisco. Calif.; and Fred S. Sher- man, president, Calmar Steam- ship Corporation, New York City. AIMS officers reelected for the year by the board were James J. Reynolds, president, Albert E. May, vice-president, and Parker S. Wise, secretary-treasurer. In a brief statement on AIMS' first year of activity, Mr. Reynolds said the organization had been ef- fective in broadening its services to the overall Merchant Marine. At home, he said, AIMS has helped bring about a cooperative gov- ernment-industry relationship in working toward a program to re- vitalize all segments of the Ameri- can Merchant Marine. Abroad, he noted, AIMS had represented the United States maritime industry and was influential in decisions made at numerous conferences where strong American shipping participation was needed regarding international laws and regulations affecting the Merchant Marine. "AIMS looks forward to a new era of growth and challenge," Mr. Reynolds added. "The conquering of the Northwest Passage, the challenge to our fleet of an ex- panding U.S. waterborne com- merce, revolutionary new ships en- tering service and President Nix- on's new program with its promise of 300 high technology vessels make the years ahead the most ex- citing—and undoubtedly the most profitable—for the U.S.-flag Mer- chant Marine in its history." States Marine-Isthmian Names J.T.Goodhue States Marine-Isthmian Agency has named John T. Goodhue, who has served with the firm since 1948, executive vice-president in charge of the United States branch offices and worldwide sales. Mr. Goodhue, who will be lo- cated at the company's new quar- ters in Stamford, Conn., has served in sales and traffic work since he joined the firm. Halter Marine Service Awarded Tug Contract A twin-screw tug measuring 140 feet by 34 feet by 17 feet has been ordered from Halter Marine Serv- ice, New Orleans, La. Designated Hull No. 253, the tug, being built for de Felice Ma- rine Contractors, Inc., of Metairie, La., will be equipped with diesels of 3,500-total-bhp. The first Ambrose Lightship, now permanently moored at the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan, was recently opened to the public as a museum. High- lighting the occasion, George W. Rogers, chairman of the board of Geo. W. Rogers Construction Cor- poration and a trustee of South Street Seaport, presented a paint- ing by the noted marine artist, Charles Lundgren. The painting, entitled "Work in Progress, Sea- port Pier," shows the restored fish- ing schooner Caviare and the Am- brose Lightship at the Seaport (Pier 16, East River) with a Rogers rig repairing the structure. In accepting the painting on be- half of the Seaport Museum, Jakob Isbrandtsen, chairman of the South Street Seaport, said that it would become part of the historical rec- ord of the undertaking. He further congratulated the firm of Geo. W. Rogers on the achievement in 1969 of its 100th anniversary in water- front construction work. David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, at- tended the ceremonies in his ca- pacity of chairman of the Down- town Lower Manhattan Associa- tion. He saluted the many busi- nesses and individuals who were making the work of the Seaport Edward I. Goodwin Named President Of ITT Mackay Marine Edward I. Goodwin has been named president and general man- ager of ITT Mackay Marine. Thomas P. Howes, general man- ager of Communication Systems Companies, International Tele- phone and Telegraph Corporation, made the announcement. ITT Mackay Marine is a major supplier of electronic systems for the United States' deep-sea mer- chant fleet. It has designed, manu- factured, and serviced a complete line of this specialized electronic equipment since 1927. Since 1968, Mr. Goodwin had Museum possible, and hailed the Seaport Museum for its contribu- tion to the vitality of lower Man- hattan. Invited guests upon this occa- sion included Capt. Robert Rea of the United States Coast Guard; Rev. John Mulligan, director of the Seamen's Church Institute; the artist Charles Lundgren; Desmond Crawford, comptroller of the Trin- ity Church Corporation and Plan- ning Committee chairman of the Downtown Lower Manhattan As- sociation ; J.T. Gilbride, president of Todd Shipyards, Inc.; Alger B. Chapman, chairman of the board, Squibb Beechnut; E. Virgil Con- way, chairman and president, Sea- men's Bank for Savings; Daniel Strohmeier, vice-president, Bethle- hem Steel Corp.; Edmund Wag- ner, president of the Downtown Lower Manhattan Association. The South Street Seaport is a project of many New Yorkers to restore and preserve an area just south of the Brooklyn Bridge as it was in the days of the sailing ships. Many buildings of that era are still standing and can be ren- ovated to make a historic center. An impressive start has been made with a Seaport Museum and the pier, where old ships are being as- sembled and restored. served as operations staff executive at ITT World Headquarters, New York. Prior to that, for three years, he was general manager of the Systems Section of Colt Indus- tries' Fairbanks Morse Weighing Systems Division in Fairlawn, N.J. Mr. Goodwin spent 16 years with the General Electric Company, serving in various manufacturing, engineering, and employee and public-relations management ca- pacities. This service included op- erations experience with television receivers and transmitters in Syra- cuse and with semiconductor de- vices manufactured in Clyde and Auburn, N.Y. Mr. Goodwin is a native of Syra- cuse, N.Y. and an engineering graduate of Syracuse University. 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
