The winter meeting of the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in January. The all-day meeting was held in the Cleveland Sheraton Hotel. Five technical papers were presented. These were:
"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. This paper was presented by Charles J. Baum.
At the conclusion of the technical sessions, complimentary tickets to the Cleveland Boat Show were avaliable. In the evening a reception and dinner was held at the hotel.
The Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section will hold its spring meeting on May 15 at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, Ill. The fall meeting will be in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. on October 2.
Taking part in the Great Lakes and Great Rivers Section, SNAME, meeting were, left to right, standing: H. Benford, author; R. C. Doane, Section chairman and superintendent engineer, Great Lakes Fleet, United States Steel Corp., and T. White, author. Seated: D. Beach, author, and C. J. Baum, substitute for author M. C. Kelsey Jr.