Address of Welcome 
incorporation of this mark of honor in the program of this Conference, at the same time 
giving a special tribute to that great shipbuilding and seafaring nation to which the name of 
our all-time scientific predecessor William Froude is forever associated. To the delegates 
of this and the other countries and, last but not least, to those of the great nation over the 
ocean that co-sponsors this Conference and that have made my and Mrs. Troost’s previous 
nine years an unforgettable experience, goes the warmest welcome of the Dutch people, its 
Royal Navy, its shipping and shipbuilding community, and its T.N.O. Organization. In 
joining this welcome with cordial personal greetings to the many old friends and colleagues 
here present, I wish you all the happiest of times in our country, and a most interesting, 
stimulating and successful conference on the Scheveningen beach! 
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