The Annual Banquet to take place on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club (formerly Marina Marriott) will feature presentation of the Society’s most prestigious awards to the following awardees for outstanding accomplishments in the marine field, as well as a noted principal speaker.

The 2006 David W. Taylor Medal “for notable achievement in naval architecture and/or marine engineering” will be awarded to:

EDWARD N. COMSTOCK

The 2006 Vice Admiral “Jerry” Land Medal “for outstanding accomplishment in the marine field” will be awarded to:

PETER G. NOBLE

The 2006 Davidson Medal “for outstanding scientific accomplishment in ship research” will be awarded to:

PREBEN T. PEDERSEN

The 2006 William M. Kennedy Award "for outstanding service and sontribution in the development of systems and planning applying to shipbuilding and ship repair" will be awarded to:

TIM COLTON

The 2006 Elmer L. Hann Award "for best paper on ship production delivered at the Ship Production Symposium" will be awarded to:

ROBERT G. KEANE, Jr., HOWARD FIREMAN and DANIEL W. BILLINGDSLEY