The winter meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, January 23, 1969. Headquarters for the meeting will be the Cleveland Sheraton Hotel. The meeting will begin with registration in the morning followed by a technical session at which the following papers will be presented:
Lad - A New Family of Devices for the Avoidance of Collisions at Sea by Robert F. Riggs, research engineer, Sperry Marine Systems Division, Sperry Rand Corporation and John L. Horton, assistant marine manager, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company.
Measures of Merit for Ship Design by Harry Benford, chairman, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, The University of Michigan.
Three Dimensional Enlargement of Great Lakes Bulk Carriers by Trevor White, director of engineering, Fraser Shipyards, Inc.
Recreation Boating - Survey by David Beach, manager of yacht engineering, Boating Industry Association.
Trends in Yachting Brought About by New Manufacturing Materials and Techniques by Martin C. Kelsey Jr., president, Palmer Johnson Boats, Inc.
Lunch will be served after paper No. 3. At the conclusion of the technical session complimentary tickets to the Cleveland Boat Show will be available to all registrants. The meeting will close with an evening reception and dinner at the Cleveland Sheraton Hotel.