2002 Election
Results
and Candidate Biographies
PRESIDENT - JIM DOLAN
1ST V.P. - STEVE GUMPEL
2ND V.P – JOE BREGLIA
FULL MEMBERS
Eugene Tesoriero
Henk van Hemmen
Sergio Antonini
Bill Young
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Charles Hoetzl
Fritz Cunningham
JAMES
L. DOLAN (FM-80)
Graduate
of Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1962; attended Harvard Business School PMD
1986; Operating Engineer at American Export-Isbrandtsen Steamship Company
1962-1967; American Bureau of Shipping Surveyor at Philadelphia, New Orleans and
Yokohama 1967-1972; American Bureau of Shipping Management in Tokyo & New
York 1973-1982; American Bureau of Shipping Principal Surveyor for Western
Europe and Africa 1983-1986; American Bureau of Shipping Vice President 1986;
Senior Vice President 1987-1993; presently Managing Partner of Martin, Ottaway,
van Hemmen & Dolan, Inc., Red Bank, New Jersey.
STEPHEN
GUMPEL (FM-78)
Curriculum
Vitae
1975
Maine Maritime Academy, B.Sc Marine Engineering, Unlimited Steam and Diesel.
Sailed with American Export Lines and Moran Towing & Transportation.
1977-1981 Port Engineer with Farrell Line; 1981-1986 Port Engineer and
Sr. Port Engineer with Prudential Line; 1986-1987 Sr. Port Engineer with U.S.
Lines; 1987-1998 Principal Surveyor-North America with classification society
Germanischer Lloyd; 1998 to present -Area Manager U.S.A. for Germanischer Lloyd;
1988 to present - President, Germanischer Lloyd (USA), Inc.;
S.M.P.E. De-Air-ator Editor 1998 to present; Speaker 9/92 Society of
Marine Consultants “Large Ship Casualties”, 10/94 National Assoc. of Marine
Surveyors “Corrosion Problems with Tankers and Bulkers”, 3/98 S.M.P.E.
“ISM Code Compliance”, “2/99 S.M.P.E/S.N.A.M.E. “STCW Compliance”,
12/99 ASTM-25 “role of Class Societies in U.S. Coast Guard Alternative
Compliance Program”. S.M.P.E
Board of Directors since 1992.
JOSEPH
BREGLIA (FM-85)
Graduate
of SUNY Maritime College – Ft. Schuyler Class of 80 - President of Student
Council and Water Buffalo member. Vessel
Operator for Sealand, USLines & Training Ship Empire State 80-85; Came
ashore late in 1984 as Assistant Port Engineer for Sealand Service serving in
New York/New Jersey 1984-1989; Served as Port Engineer for Sealand Service in
Tocoma, WA 1989-1995; Returned to New York/New Jersey as Port Engineer for
Sealand –1995-1999; Supervisory Port Engineer Sealand Service 1999, Currently
serving as Senior Port Engineer for CSXLines LLC.
WILLIAM
CADDEN (FM-91)
Graduated
from the Calhoon MEBA Engineering School in 1982.
Presently holding an Unlimited Chief Engineer’s License – Steam and
Motor. Sailed as an Operating
Engineer with various shipping companies from 1982-1993.
Worked as a Port Engineer for SeaLand Service from 1993 to 1999, when the
International Liner portion of SeaLand was sold by CSX to Maersk Line.
Presently working as a Port Engineer for United States Ship Management.
Joined the Society in 1991, and have been a Member of the Board of
Directors since 1995, Chairman of the Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the
Papers and Technical Committee.
CHARLES
MUNSCH (FM –89)
’73
Graduate of SUNY Maritime Academy and M.S. Stevens Institute of Technology.
License in First Assistant Engineering.
Appointed Chairman, Engineering Dept. SUNY, Fort Schuyler 1995 – 2001.
Sailed from 1973 on various vessels; including Eng. Officer on T.S.
Empire State. Worked from ’77 –
present for various naval architectural firms, shipping companies, and ship
managers as Eng. Consultant, Port Engineer and Naval Architect.
Member of the Board of Directors since 1998.
EUGENE
TESORIERO (FM-69)
Sailed
with Texaco. Working for the
American Bureau of Shipping since 1977. Has
been a member of the Board of Directors for SMPE since 1977.
Served as SMPE Chairman of the Board and President 1998 to present.
SERGIO
ANTONINI (FM-81)
1961
Graduate Merchant Marine Academy-Trieste, Italy.
Chief
Engineer License Unlimited Steam/Diesel, 1969.
Sailed with Italian Line, Esso International, Home Lines Inc. until June
1980. March 1981 to present
employed by American Bureau of Shipping; currently Senior Surveyor-ISM/ISO Lead
Auditor. SMPE Board of Directors
Member since 1999.
HENK
VAN HEMMEN (FM – 78)
Graduate
of the Marine Academy of Rotterdam; Dutch
Marine Engineers license steam and diesel; Sailed with Holland-America Lines as
a Superintendent Engineer. Served
with United States Salvage Association as underwriter’s surveyor in Europe and
the United States. Later,
Vice-President and Chief Surveyor in New York.
Marine Consultant with Francis A. Martin & Ottaway, Inc. since 1980.
Now President and Owner of Martin, Ottaway, Van Hemmen & Dolan, Inc.
Member of SMPE Board of Directors since 1991.
ERNY
OTTERSPOOR (FM – 77)
Erny
Otterspoor is Vice-President of Mormac Marine Enterprises and Special Projects
at Marine Transport Lines, a Crowley Company.
He currently oversees nine Marad RRF vessels under the MME flag and
special projects at MTL, which operates over 20 commercial vessels.
Erny is a 1974 B.E.-N.A. graduate of NY Maritime College. He worked as an
ABS surveyor in NY, and both sailed and port Engineered for Farrell Lines,
joining Mormac in 1979, acquired by MTL in 2000, acquired by Crowley in 2001. He
has been a Member since 1977, an active Board Member for three years, and
Co-chairman of the Dinner Dance Committee.
MICHAEL
E. FORD (FM – 66)
BS
(Marine Engineering) USMMA Kings Point, 1960; MBA 9Int’l Business) Bernard M.
Branch College, CUNY, 1979. Sailed
on license for Alcoa Steamship Company and then ashore for same company in the
Engineering Department. Later with National Bulk Carriers as M&R Supervisor,
Puerto Rico Marine Mgt., Inc. as Supt. Engineer,
Ocean
Service Corp. as V.P Marine. Currently
V.P. of Marine Design & Operations, Inc., Roselle, NJ.
Maintain active license as Chief Engineer Steam and 3rd Motor
unlimited, Issue #10. Full member
SMPE since 1966.
WILLIAM
F. YOUNG (FM – 96)
Born
and raised in Astoria, Oregon. Attended
Kings Point and graduated with Honors in 1977. Sailed as licensed engineer
aboard containerships, LNG carriers, tankers and breakbulk vessels, raising
license to Chief Engineer. Employed
as Port Engineer for El
Paso
LNG, US Navy, Repair Superintendent for General Engineering of San Francisco and
Port Engineer for Sea-Land Service. Currently
employed as Senior Port Engineer for USSM, the operator of 19 vessels that are
the international portion of Sea-Land Service that was purchased by AP Moeller
in 1999. Responsible for directing
6 Port Engineers in managing the repair and drydocking of the USSM fleet engaged
in international trade.
CHARLES
MUNSCH (FM-89)
’73
Graduate of SUNY Maritime Academy and M.S. Stevens Institute of Technology.
Licensed in First Assistant Engineering.
1995 – 2001 Chairman, Engineering Dept., SUNY, Fort Schuyler.
Sailed from 1973 on various vessels; including Eng. Officer on T.S.
Empire State. Worked from ’77 –
present for various naval architectural firms, shipping companies, and ship
managers as an Eng. Consultant, Port Engineer and Naval Architect. Member of the
Board of Directors since 1998.
CHARLES
HOETZL (FM-74)
Graduate
of SUNY Maritime College, ’66 BE Marine Engineering – ’73 MS
Transportation. Committed to the
marine industry for over thirty years; sailed as licensed engineer, taught at
SUNY Maritime College, worked as Technical Assistant –
Texaco
Inc. and sales manager for Hudson Engineering, Ashland Chemical and Parmatic
Filter Corp. Worked as US
Representative for Aalborg Industries Inc. Currently employed by Goltens New
York Corp. as Sales Executive. Served
on SMPE Board of Directors in both elected and appointed positions since 1975.
ROBERT
“FRITZ” CUNNINGHAM (AM-1973)
Graduate
of University of Pittsburgh and Northeastern University School of Engineering.
Employed as Senior Engineer for Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding, Bath Iron
Works Corp. and National Bulk Carriers Universe Tank Ships. U.S. Navy
Engineering and Ordinance Officer. Multi-State
professional Engineering Licenses along
with Steering System Worldwide Patents. President,
Cunningham Marine Corp. since 1977. Member
of SMPE since 1973 and member of SNAME. Member
of Board of Directors since 1996 and Chairman of Retention Committee,
Co-Chairman Journal Committee.
STEPHEN
R. BURAK (AM-76)
Member
of SMPE since 1976. 1975 graduate
of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, B.S. in Marine Engineering.
Past President of the Kings Point Alumni Association of Central New
Jersey. Employed by Drew Marine
Division of Ashland Chemical as Fuel Technology product Manager.
Previous technical and marketing employment at ABB Turbocharger Co., ITT
Mackay Marine, Nalffleet Bull & Roberts and Norfolk Shipbuilding.
ROBERT
D. FERRIE (AM-90)
More
than 27 years of broad experience in the fields of finance, administration and
executive management in the marine industry.
Since 1996 employed as Vice President of Union Dry Dock & Repair
Company in Hoboken. From 1984 to 1996 served with Ferguson Propeller, Inc.
including from 1991 on as President. Before
1984, worked for 9 years with Hudson Engineering and associated ship repair
companies as Vice President, Finance. From
1973 to 1976 as Senior Accountant for Price Waterhouse in New York, serving on
audit staff for clients, including Universe Tankships & National Bulk
Carriers. Served as Trustee
Director of the Hoboken No. Hudson YMCA since 1994, including three years as
President of the Board and currently as Treasurer.
Earned BS in Business & Economics from Lehigh University in 1973, and
completed 27 credits of graduate work in Marine Transportation Management at
SUNY Maritime.
JACK
FINNEGAN (AM – 76)
1969
GRADUATE OF us Merchant Marine Academy, BS in Marine Engineering.
Past VP Kings Point Alumni Association, Long Island Chapter.
Jack returned to the New York area in October 1999 following a tour at
Newport News Shipbuilding, VA, where
he
was employed as Director of Marketing for Newport News, Global.
Previously he was US Manager of Spare Parts Marketing and Sales with New
Sulzer Diesel in Savannah, GA and managed the New Jersey-based Magnus-Maritec
for several years. Currently
employed by Drew Marine Division of Ashland Chemical as Manager, New Business
Development, with additional direct responsibility for Fire, Safety and Rescue,
Sealing products and Engineered Products and Services.
MICHAEL
C. NAHON (AM – 1993)
Sailed
for Getty Oil in Engine Department 1971, 72, 73. Employed for last 20 years at
Maritime Power Corporation. Currently
Vice-President of Engineering. Responsible
for
all aspects of Engineering and Sales of steam, diesel & gas turbine
equipment for commercial and military customers worldwide.
