The David W. Taylor Medal is presented by Society president Nachtsheim to Erwin Carl Rohde, retired, formerly manager of the General Electric Marine Steam Turbine Division, Lynn, Mass.

Blakely Smith, well-known pioneer in the offshore drilling industry, left, presents the medal named in his honor to Ben C. Gerwick Jr., professor of civil engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Ca.

Ellsworth Peterson, left, president of Peterson Builders, Inc., of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., receives the VADM "Jerry" Land Medal from Michael Honsinger, a past president of the Society.

Society president John J. Nachtsheim delivers his address to the members at the President's Luncheon. More than 500 persons attended the affair.