NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM— 1969 



THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washmgton, B.C. 

 The subcommittee met at 10 :15 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 1334, 

 Long-worth House Office Building, Hon. Paul G. Rogers presiding. 

 Mr. Rogers. The subcommittee will come to order, please. 

 This is Maritime Day and a number of the members had to attend 

 ceremonies, some in New York. 



We are delighted to have some distinguished witnesses with us, and 

 the first witness we have today is an old friend and one who has taken 

 a very active interest in this field for years, Mr. John Clotworthy, who 

 is president of the National Oceanography Association and who is 

 president of Oceans General, Inc. 



Mr. Clotworthy, we are delighted to have you and we will be pleased 

 to receive your testimony. If you have any associates, we would be 

 delighted if you would bring them with you, and will you identify 

 them for the record. 



(A biographical sketch of Mr. Clotworthy follows:) 



Biographical Sketch of John H. Clotwoethy 



Mr. Clotworthy was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1924. He graduated from 

 the University of Virginia with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering 

 and has done post graduate work at the Harvard Business School. In 1967 fol- 

 lowing eighteen years with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, during which 

 time he rose to the position of Vice President, Defense and Space Center and 

 General Manager of their Underseas Division, he joined the faculty of the Uni- 

 versity of Miami to become Chairman, Division of Ocean Engineering. In mid- 

 1968 he formed Oceans General, Incorporated of which he is President. 



Mr. Clotworthy is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

 Engineers and is a founding member and director of the Marine Technology 

 Society. In 1963 he served as Chairman of an ad hoc committee of the National 

 Security Industrial Association which prepared a report entitled "A National 

 Ocean Program". He is a director of the American Society for Oceanography and 

 President of the National Oceanography Association. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN H. CLOTWORTHY, PRESIDENT, ACCOMPANIED 

 BY RICHARD N. RIGBY, JR., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL 

 OCEANOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION 



Mr. Clotworthy. Mr. Chairman and members, it is a privilege to 

 appear today to testify in behalf of the National Oceanography As- 

 sociation. I have with me our executive director, Mr. Richard N. Rigby. 



Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rigby we are delighted to have you here. 



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