Marine Technology - January 2008 - Page#35

<BODY> <span id="lblContents">SCHOLARSHIPS experimental submarine, ALBACORE: and the oceanographic research sister ships R/V KNORR and MELVILLE. Its later work included being Litton's chief naval architectural consultants for the design of the Guided Missile Destroyer, Spruance and more recent work included the T-AGS 39 Maury Class Oceanographic Survey Ships. Mandell Rosenblatt was a member of SNAME and served on a number of technical committees. Lester Rosenblatt was an ardent supporter of technical societies and the maritime profession. His contributions are numerous and include serving as president of SNAME, and on the governing board of Webb Institute and the advisory board of the University of Michigan. In recognition of his accomplishments in ship design and marine engineering, Lester was honored in 1967 by his alma mater, receiving the University of Michigan's Sesquicentennial Award. In 1984 he was awarded SNAME's Vice Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal and in 1987 he was awarded ASNE's Harold E. Saunders Award. In 1995 he was inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame and presented with the coveted Ship's Lookout Award for his dedication and leadership in the advancement of the marine industry. With their belief that a strong navy, coast guard and merchant marine are vital to the well being of the nation, Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt dedicated their long and successful careers to professionalism, integrity, and technical expertise. It is most fitting that SNAME's first named undergraduate scholarship, the Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt Undergraduate Scholarship, will be awarded in perpetuity in honor of these two men who gave so much to the profession they loved. Robert N. Herbert Upon graduating from MIT with a degree in naval architecture, Robert N. Herbert served in the U.S. Navy. He began his ship design and maritime consulting career as an employee of P.F. Spaulding & Associates in Seattle, where he rose to the position of chief naval architect. In 1963, Bob moved to San Francisco and established his own consulting firm, R.N. Herbert, Naval Architects. All employees became shareholders of the company when it incorporated as Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) in 1975. Bob oversaw a purposely slow and deliberate growth in HEC, which currently has offices in Alameda, Annapolis, and Shanghai. Bob Herbert is well known for his many innovative developments in containership and forest product ship design. For example, Bob was the principal designer of the first two classes of open hatch forest product carriers which were built in the early 1960's for Crown Zellerbach's U.S. West Coast service and Svenska Cellulosa AB's Baltic service. Subsequent designs for Weyerhauser, MacMillan Bloedel, and others enhanced the cargo protection and container stowage features of these ships, establishing this ship type as the international standard for transport of forest products. Bob was a believer in total system design, from the mill to the customer, and the open hatch bulk carriers are a classic example of the success of this approach. These innovative ships with their open holds and large hatch covers proved uniquely suited for movement of forest products, bulk cargoes, and containers. Bob also contributed to the concurrent development of shipboard gantry cranes, specialized vacuum and bar clamps for the efficient handling of paper, pulp and lumber, and customized warehouse and shore handling equipment that were equally important to the commercial success of these ventures. Bob Herbert was committed to the design of safe and environmentally sound ships. All of HEC's ships, including ro-ro's and bulk carriers, were designed to meet high standards of survivability, even before international regulations for cargo vessels had been adopted by IMO. Professionalism and ethics were of the utmost importance to Bob. For instance, when a young naval architect came to work at HEC, part of his or her first day was spent reading and discussing SNAME's Code of Ethics. When Bob Herbert was awarded SNAME's David W. Taylor medal in 1986, he explained, "The Society has been my framework, my guide, and my inspiration. It's impossible to conceive of functioning as a professional naval architecture without the presence of this Society." In memory of Bob Herbert's commitment to SNAME and to young marine professionals, Helen Herbert, Bob's wife and partner throughout his career together with Bob's former colleagues and friends have established the Robert N. Herbert Undergraduate Scholarship. The first scholarship will be awarded in 2008. 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