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m^m ^^B * ' f^H *' t^H Bv UM ^M • J3 • * I J Waldo L. Kraemer (left) and Edwin L. Stewart (center) being awarded 50-year membership certificates by Presi- dent Strohmeier. Five certificates were awarded in absentia. Annual SNAME Meeting— (Continued from page 7) —not the usual kind that fouls our physical environment, 'but political pollution that stands in the way of our proper destiny and possibly even our survival. "This pollution erodes the incentive for in- tellectual honesty, our capacity to admit mis- takes, our pride in a job well done, a resolve to live within our means, our productivity, the simple art of putting first things first and, in short, all the homely virtues one learns at his mother's knee. "All of the 9,900 members of this Society are engaged in the technological improvement of our ships or our shipping. But what good is this vast and dedicated effort if the ships can't load or can't sail because some untouch- able in the labor movement dictates it so? This situation is clearly out-of-hand and calls for prompt, vigorous and courageous leadership at the very top." Awards At the Annual Banquet the following awards were made to members for notable and out- standing accomplishments in the marine field. The 32nd award of the "David W. Taylor Medal" was made to Phillip Eisenberg "for notable achievement in naval architecture." Mr. Eisenberg has had a distinguished career in both government and industry. His engi- neering and research work in naval hydro- dynamics at the David Taylor Model Basin, the Office of Naval Research and finally as president of his own firm, Hydronautics, Inc., Jack W. Lewis (left) and Vincent W. Ridley (right) receiv- ing the "Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize" from Donald A. Holden, past president of the Society. has won him an international reputation for excellence. He has served the Society in many ways; guiding the periodical "Journal of Ship Research" to its highly respected and acclaim- ed status, serving on the Executive Committee, the Council and as vice president. The 20th award of the "Vice Admiral 'Jerry' Land Medal" to Daniel D. Strohmeier "for out- standing accomplishment in the marine field" was presented by Rear Adm. Albert G. Mum- ma, USN (ret.) in the absence of Admiral Land who generally makes this presentation. Mr. Strohmeier guided the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's shipbuilding activities as vice president since 1948 until his retirement early this year. During his tenure, Bethlehem built At the banquet, left to right: Rear Adm. William F. Rea III, USCG, chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety; Rear Adm. Albert G. Mumma, USN (ret.), past president of the Society; Robert T. Young, chairman and president, American Bureau of Shipping, and Rear Adm. Ellis L. Perry, USCG, president, The American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc. Hugo P. Pomrehn (left) and C. Gale Moore (center) being awarded the "Graduate Paper Award" by President Stroh- meier for a paper presented at Los Angeles Section. Receiving the "Undergraduate Paper Honor Prize" were, left to right: James C. Sandison Jr., Thomas A. George and Charles Steven Yates from President Strohmeier. more than 200 ships and 900 other craft and he has represented the shipbuilding industry on numerous government and industry com- mittees and commissions. The "Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize" was presented dually to Vincent W. Ridley, a mem- ber of the Society since 1947, for his paper entitled "Designing Reliability into Marine Steam Power Plants" and to Jack W. Lewis, a mem'ber of the Society since 1965, and Roderick Y. Edwards Jr., a member of the So- ciety since 1966, for their paper entitled "Meth- ods for Predicting icebreaking and Ice Re- sistance Characteristics of Icebreakers." This prize is given to the author or authors of the best paper contributed to the proceedings of the Society at its Annual Meeting the preced- ing year. The "Vice Admiral E.L. Cochrane Award" for 1971 was presented to E. Scott Dillon, a member of the Society since 1942, in recogni- tion of his paper "Ship Design Aspects of Oil Pollution Abatement" delivered at the March 17, 1971 meeting of the Chesapeake Section. The "Graduate Paper Honor Prize" for stu- dents for 1971 was awarded to David L. Greene for his paper entitled "Superconduct- ing Electrical Machines for Ship Propulsion" delivered at the Society's New England Sec- tion on May 8, 1970. The "Graduate Paper Award" for students for 1971 was awarded jointly to C. Gale Moore and Hugo P. Pomrehn for their paper entitled "Technological Forecast of Marine Transpor- tation Systems 1970 to 2000" delivered at the Society's Los Angeles Metropolitan Section on February 11, 1971. The "Undergraduate Paper Honor Prize" for students for 1971 was awarded jointly to Thomas A. George, James C. Sandison Jr. and Charles Steven Yates for their paper entitled "Flipping Oil Rig (FLOR)" delivered at the Society's Gulf Section on May 7, 1971. Two Fifty-Year Membership Certificates were presented to Waldo L. Kraemer and Ed- win L. Stewart. Five Fifty-Year Membership Certificates were presented in absentia to Ro- land H. Baker, Charles H. Bateman, William F. Dunning, Frederick D. Hesley and Lloyd Swayne. (Continued on page 10) Attending the annual banquet, left to right: Arthur E. Farr, president of the Propeller Club of the United States and president, Northwest Marine Iron Works; James R. Maumenee, president, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company; Ellis B. Gardner, president, American Export Industries, Inc.; Paul E. Atkinson, president, Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; W. Tilford Smith, senior vice-president, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com- pany; Arnold P. Mcllwain, president, Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Martin L. Ingwersen, executive vice-president, Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction, and James F. Goodrich, president, Bath Iron Works, Inc. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
