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Leonor Sullivan To Receive AOTOS Award Congress worn an Leonor K. Sulli- van, Chairman of the House Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries Com- mittee, has been designated as the recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award, it was announced by E.J. Heine Jr., president of Uni- ted States Lines Company and pres- ident of United Seamen's Service. The AOTOS Award is given an- nually toy the maritime community for outstanding service to Ameri- can-flag shipping. Former recipi- ents have been the late Spyros Skouras, former president of Twen- tieth Century Fox and chairman of Prudential->Grace Lines, Inc.; Helen Delich Bentley, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, and Andrew E. Gibson, former Assis- tant Secretary of Commerce. A special award was given to Joseph E. Curran for more than a quarter century of maritime leadership. Congresswoman Sullivan will re- ceive the silver statue of Christo- pher Columbus at a dinner-dance in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton in New York City on December 11. Capt. Adrian P. Spi- dle, vice president of marine opera- tions of Prudential-Grace Lines, Incorporated, and president of The Propeller Club, Port of New York, is chairman of the arrangements committee for the AOTOS Award which is sponsored by labor, man- agement, Government and naval sectors of the maritime community. Proceeds from the December 11 dinner-dance will benefit the Hall of American Maritime Enterprise at the Smithsonian Institution, and the United Seamen's Service. The Hall of American Maritime Enterprise is a permanent exhibi- tion at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.'C., and will be a feature of the American Bicenten- nial Celebration. United Seamen's Service pro- vides' health, welfare and recre- ational facilities for American sea- men, and seamen of all nations in foreign ports. Marine Management Systems Contract Renewed By MarAd The U.S. Maritime Administra- tion (MarAd) has renewed its con- tract with Marine Management Systems, Inc. (MMS) for the lease of a computerized system that is being used in long-range studies aimed at maintaining America's de- mand requirements in the import of oil and mineral raw materials. The announcement was made by William R. Oakes, MMS vice presi- dent, who said that the studies by the Government agency are part of the overall planning for future American superports designed to increase the flow of imports in bulk. MMS, based in Stamford, Conn., designs and implements computer systems for the international ma- rine transportation industry. Mr. Oakes said that MarAd's Office of Policy and Plans in Wash- ington, D.C., has been using the MiMS system—called the Marine Economics & Planning System— since last year. The system is one of several computer products offered by his firm and is believed to be the only one of its kind com- mercially available. He explained that the system is being used to simulate transoceanic movements of various types of goods—oi'l, for example. In the studies, such economic factors as speed, quantities, freight rates and costs related to different sized vessels are analyzed from the stand- point of vessel owners and char- terers. An input/output terminal is em- ployed in the use of the M-MS sys- tem which operates on GE's World- wide Information Services Net- work. Heart of the network is a giant computer Mark (III) located in Cleveland, Ohio. Bureau Veritas Names Three In New York John X. Erbe, who has served for several years past as general repre- sentative of the French classifica- tion society Bureau Veritas in New York, has retired as of October 15. Mr. Erbe will continue to work with the classification society in an advisory capacity throughout 1973. He will be succeeded as general representative of the society by Michel Barruel, formerly chief of the materiel department. Huynh due Bau has been appointed chief of the marine department, assisted by Andrew Moore. PROCUREMENT The career challenge —and future — you want may be at General Dynamics There's fast-moving action at General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut today —and a backlog of contracts going clear into 1977! Important work. Advanced work. Calling for individuals with top abilities in procurement. If you want to use all your know-how and be recognized for it, consider stepping into one of these positions. Contract Administrator Subcontract Administrator For procurement of large dollar components involv- ing source selection, inquiry preparation, proposal analysis, rigorous negotiation. Must monitor all as- pects of vendor performance. Knowledge of gov- ernment procurement regulations and practices preferred. BS or BA with 5 to 1 0 years related ex- perience. Planner Who can work with material status data and plan management action items in support of shipbuild- ing schedules. Important to understand and develop planning techniques and new planning/status sys- tems an
