The following is the text of a news release from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME):
(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — Alumni organizations from the University of Michigan, Webb Institute, MIT, UC Berkeley, the University of New Orleans, Stevens Institute of Technology and King’s Point (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) will be holding networking events during the 2014 SNAME Maritime Convention (SMC), Oct. 20-25 at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Houston, Texas.
Registration for SMC is open at www.sname.org/smc. Early-bird rates have been extended until Friday, Oct. 10.
University of Michigan — 58th annual reunion
Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
Honoring: Dr. Armin Troesch
Rosenblatt-Michigan Award recipient
Reception and dinner, Hyatt Regency Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact Bruce Rosenblatt, [email protected] or 917-880-8048.
Webb Institute — reception and dinner
Hyatt Regency Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact Peter Wallace, [email protected] or 281-908-9915.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — reception
Hyatt Regency Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact Maria Riefstahl, [email protected] or 617-253-4330.
University of California at Berkeley — reception
Hyatt Regency Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact A. Jbaily, [email protected] or Carl Chapman, [email protected].
University of New Orleans — reception
The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 705 Main St., Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact Chris McKesson, [email protected].
Stevens Institute of Technology — reception
Hyatt Regency Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
Contact Priya Vin, [email protected] or 201-216-5712.
King’s Point (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) — dinner
Honoring: Arthur “Tom” Denning (’76)
2014 USMMA McCready Award
Morton’s Steakhouse, 1001 McKinney St., Houston, Friday, Oct. 24
RSVP, uaapoh.wildapricot.org/event-1731635
