International Hydrofoil Society...

The People at IHS

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Selected Biographical Information

Adler, Ron - In 1982, CDR Ronald Adler was elected Vice-President of the IHS North American Chapter (NAC). Ron owned and managed a consulting firm specializing in naval logistics and mission analysis. His expertise in this field had contributed substantially to the US Navy?s advanced vehicle program. Ron continued to serve as Vice President of NAC until at the 1984 annual meeting he was elected NAC President. He served until Bob Johnston was elected President in 1985.

Arima, Sumi - Background: Graduate BSEE at Seattle University. Employed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the Electrical Design Section, with a tour of duty at Bureau of Ships. Project engineer at Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Seattle from 1960 on HIGH POINT, FRESH-1, PLAINVIEW, and TUCUMCARI hydrofoil ship construction programs. Civilian head of Hydrofoil Special Trials Unit (HYSTU), David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center from 1967 until retirement which tested, refined, and demonstrated hydrofoil ships and systems. IHS goals: I believe the goals of IHS are to maintain interest in hydrofoil ships as a viable vehicle by providing the resources for design and operational data. This includes calculation methods as well as depository for documentation of hydrofoil-related studies, trials, and conclusions. I believe the ultimate goal should be a hydrofoil design handbook, while in the interim, provide a bibliography of the information sources in a manner useful to the designer and operator.

Bebar, Mark - After retiring from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on 3 Jan 2003, Mr. Bebar started work at Computer Sciences Corporation, Defense Systems Group - Advanced Marine Center in Washington, DC as a Professional Advisor. CSC-AMC supports NAVSEA ship design and acquisition programs, and he has joined a team of dedicated professionals, including many other ex-NAVSEA personnel. Current assignments include participation in T-AOE(X), LHA (R) and T-AGM 23 (Cobra Judy) Replacement. Mr. Bebar also hopes to be involved with MPF (Future) and High Speed Sealift. He has over 32 years of experience, with 21 years focused specifically in the areas of total surface ship system research and development, design and acquisition support. In his most recent position before retiring from NAVSEA, he was Division Director for Future Ship and Force Architecture Concepts (SEA 05D1). In this position, he was responsible for conducting whole-ship concept and feasibility studies and supporting assessment of competing ship design alternatives from pre-Milestone A through the Analysis of Alternative (AoA) phase. During the period of 1998-2002, Mr. Bebar was the NAVSEA lead for support to the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC), Naval War College (NWC) and CNO Strategic Studies Group (SSG). Specifically, SEA 05D1 provided whole-ship and force level alternatives for SSG XVIII and XIX, as well as ship concept development for Global War Games held at the Naval War College, Newport in 1999 -2001. Mr. Bebar was also responsible for initiating the Future Force Formulation (F3) process in which NAVSEA facilitates the rational examination of future force architectures and ship concepts. Mr. Bebar's prior assignments have been on various phases of the ship design and acquisition process for the following programs: PHM, AO-177, ARS-50, T-AGOS 23, Strategic Sealift, DD-21, CVX and LHD-5. In conducting pre-Milestone A concept studies, he provided Technical Oversight and Technical Accountability by ensuring that total ship studies for future missions represent technically feasible solutions. In developing future ship schedules and RDT&E funding profiles, he influenced early-stage financial management, requiring close coordination with Program Managers/PEOs and OPNAV Sponsors. As Chairman of NATO Naval Group 6 [NG/6] on Ship Design during the period 1994 - 2002, Mr. Bebar facilitated multi-national dialogue on ship design processes and standards, including use of commercial standards in design and construction and use of Simulation Based Design and Virtual Prototyping for naval ship design and acquisition. Mr. Bebar has received numerous awards, including the NAVSEA Lisanby Award for Professionalism (1988), the ASE Professional Achievement Award (1989) and the DoN Superior Civilian Service Award (1994) for his work on the Ship Characteristics and Improvement (SCIP) Staff in OPNAV N86. He was elected a SNAME Fellow in January 2002.

Dixon, Malin - Mr. Dixon was educated at Shrewsbury School, and Cambridge University, England, where he studied engineering for two years, specializing in Electronics in his third year. After university, he worked for Rugby Cement as an instrumentation engineer. In 1988 Mr. Dixon set up OnSpec Oscillators in partnership with another graduate from Cambridge. OnSpec Oscillators makes crystal oscillators for the electronics industry, and now has an annual turnover of about $700,000. The partner left OnSpec in 1993, and Mr. Dixon has been running it since then. Diving has been his hobby since university, and his interest in hydrofoils has come from the shortcoming of the existing dive boats. Mr. Dixon hopes to construct a small hydrofoil with much better ride and fuel consumption than the present boats. He also has a Trampofoil which he tried to sell in the UK while they were in production, but they were too expensive to reach a mass market. Together with friends, Mr. Dixon has designed and constructed a radio-controlled model hydrofoil with Automatic Control System and fully submerged foil system. Mr. Dixon has been the webmaster for the IHS photo gallery for several years. His goals for IHS include making it easier for overseas members to join the IHS and making more information on hydrofoils available on the website.

Clark, Dennis - Mr. Clark has worked at the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWCCD) for nearly forty years in a wide variety of positions prior to his retirement in January 2003. He has been Director of Strategic Planning, Assistant Technical Director, Head of the Costing and Design Systems Office, Deputy Head of the Advanced Concepts Office, Manager of Systems Integration in the Advanced Hydrofoil Development Office and lead structural researcher for the Hydrofoil Office. He is a charter member of IHS and throughout his career he has supported the development of advanced vehicles through a number activities such as: the development of the Advanced Ship Data Bank (currently containing over 15,000 documents on advanced vehicles); lead the development of a total ship early stage design tool called ASSET (Advanced Surface Ship Evaluation Tool) for a variety of ship types (surface combatants, hydrofoils, SWATH ships, and tri-hull concepts); lead the development of cost estimating capability for advanced technology and vehicles, and has promoted innovation through a number of venues such as chairman of NSWCCD?s Invention Evaluation Board for the last ten years; promoted the development of Carderock?s Innovation Center; and as ONR?s lead researcher for their Concept Assessment of Platforms and Systems task. Mr. Clark is an engineering graduate of City College of New York and has done graduate work towards a MBA at George Washington University.

Dorey, Peter - IHS President 1974 -1977. Peter Dorey was the Managing Director of Condor Ltd, located on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. Condor Ltd started in 1964 with one hydrofoil, CONDOR 1, a Rodriquez-built, Supramar designed PT 50. They continued to add Rodriquez hydrofoils to their fleet and became the largest passenger carrier between the Channel Islands and the coast of France. Condor used the Port of St. Malo as their primary destination. However, during March to November, service was provided to the mainland of England. The Society considered it most appropriate to have a hydrofoil operator as president, following the presidency of Baron Hanns von Schertel, a designer and developer of hydrofoils. The Society was quite pleased when Peter Dorey agreed to accept the role of President. Peter was an interesting and likable personality. He was also a conservative manager. Although starting rather early in hydrofoil transportation, he studied and experienced the performance of hydrofoils along with their reliability and maintenance requirements before committing to their acquisition. The first PT 50 was actually assigned to Condor for a trial period prior to making the decision to purchase. Another example of his conservatism was experienced by Grumman. Before the management of Grumman would support the DOLPHIN hydrofoil program, they required that ten potential customers be identified and committed to the program. This commitment was based on the DOLPHIN being produced with the predicted performance and cost. Condor became one of the committed ten. When Peter agreed to this, he said he would take number ten off the production line. His wisdom in wanting to experience the performance, reliability, and cost factors of owning and operating a craft for Condor?s fleet was clearly demonstrated. Peter Dorey became the second President of IHS on January 14, 1974 at the Annual General Meeting in London. In his acceptance remarks to the members, he gave a special vote of thanks to the outgoing president Baron von Schertel, the Chairman of the Council, Mark Thornton, and to Juanita Kalerghi for her support of IHS. President Dorey, in his address, spoke on the status of the hydrofoil industry, stating that it was a growth industry. He further discussed the advantages of the hydrofoil over other vehicles, particularly the open sea passenger comfort.

Gore, Jerry - Mr. Gore's career began with US Navy enlisted service in naval aviation from 1955-1959. He graduated from Western Maryland College in 1962 and accepted a position at the Navy's Engineering Experiment Station in submarine silencing. He performed acoustic silencing work on numerous small craft. The Naval Ship Systems Command (now NAVSEASYSCOM) selected Mr. Gore as Technical Manager for the development of a family of four prototype craft, including the Coastal Patrol and Interdiction Craft (CPIC). CPIC's technology and design has greatly influenced other significant achievements in high performance craft. After service in1973 as the Navy's first laboratory science advisor in the Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEFOR), Mr. Gore subsequently became the "Planing Vehicle Advocate" for the Advanced Naval Vehicles Concepts Evaluation (ANVCE) study. This study realistically compared 6 types of ships and 4 types of aircraft. He served as the staff assistant for vehicle systems in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems (ASN-RES) and has technically managed both the Navy's Special Warfare Craft Program and the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) Ship Development Program and was instrumental in producing the Navy's subsequent SWATH ship construction projects. He has supported NATO's efforts to evaluate alternative hull forms under Special Working Group-6. In 1984 Mr. Gore was selected for the newly created position as Deputy Director for Ship Programs in the Office of Naval Research's Low Observables and Counter Low Observables Division in the Special Programs Directorate. He retired in 1997. Mr. Gore now consults with industry and government as Maritime Integrated Ideas. Mr. Gore is a former member of SNAME and AIAA and a current member of ASNE and the IHS.†He completed graduate work in oceanography and acoustics as well as programs at the Federal Executive Institute, as well as specialized programs in the field of low observable signatures. His commendations and awards include both the Navy's Superior Civilian Service and Meritorious Civilian Service Awards. As a member of the Board, Jerry Gore's experience in other types of hull forms (planing hulls, SWATH, catamarans and lift augmentation) gives him a perspective that is unusual, and that both contrasts and compliments the hydrofoil specialist. He will aid the organization in keeping a broader focus toward less specialized future hydrofoil applications and lower cost solutions.

Hockberger, William - Bill Hockberger is an independent consultant in systems engineering, economic analysis and ship design. He worked for 27 years as a naval architect and design manager in the US Navy's ship design organization, gaining experience in the design of all major types of naval ships. In his final Navy position he headed the Advanced Design and Assessment Branch, with responsibility for technology and design of advanced marine vehicles and for economic and cost-effectiveness analysis of naval ships in general. In recent years he has worked more on commercial ships and systems, a major focus being the economic analysis and business planning of fast ferry services. He developed and applies a total-system, total-life-cycle approach to the development of marine systems, both naval and commercial, and has been engaged by several organizations to help them incorporate those methods into their own processes. Since the environmental impacts of high speed ferries have been a serious concern in many areas, he has developed ways of including them in analyses, particularly wake-wash and air pollution. Bill holds a bachelors degree in naval architecture and marine engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) and Masters degrees in operations research (MIT) and applied economics (American University). He has been an IHS member for many years and on its Board of Directors since1994. He is a member of SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers) and its Panel SD-5 (Advanced Surface Ships and Craft) and Panel O-36 (Maritime Economics) and was made a Fellow of the Society in 2002. He is also a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). He is an affiliate of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council and a member of its Committee on Ferry Transportation.

Jenkins, George - George is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1958. As a Surface Warfare Officer, his sea tours included Destroyers, Destroyer staffs and Mobile Logistic Support Force (MLSF) (Command). His shore tours included the U.S. Naval Academy (instructor in Physics 1967-1969), U.S. Naval War College as a student in 1970, Defense Nuclear Agency (1972-1974), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) serving as PHM Program coordinator from 1976 through 1979. He also served on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe for the detailed planning for PHM support in the Mediterranean. He retired from the Navy in 1981. From November 1982 until October 1993 George provided technical and management support to the OPNAV PHM Platform Sponsor. After providing support to seven NAVAIR and NAVSEA Combat System acquisitions, he retired in 2000. He resides in Alexandria Virginia.

King, Jim - James H. King is a naval architect and has been active in the field for over 27 years. He was engaged in the U.S. Navy's Advanced Hydrofoil Program in the 1970s and 1980s. He designed NATO's oceanographic ship R/V ALLIANCE during the early 1980s. He has been engaged in various technology efforts for the U.S. Navy since then. He has been a member of IHS since 1980. As a member of the IHS Board, Jim King will continue to emphasize the significance of and issues important to members remote from the Washington DC area. He has sought to improve connectivity among members. He plans to emphasize the technology aspect of the IHS mission.

Liang, David - IHS President 1981 - 1985. In March 1981, an IHS general meeting was held at the Royal Institute of Naval Architect in London. At this meeting, the selection of David Liang as President was announced. His selection was in keeping with having a sequence of an operator and a developer of hydrofoils alternate as president. David?s father had established the Hong Kong Macao Hydrofoil Company in 1964. When his father died in 1977, David became responsible for managing his family?s interests. These interests included not only the hydrofoil company but also an old established shipping and ferry company, hotels, other real estate holdings, as well as interests in other small businesses in Hong Kong. In this regard, he was the ?Tai-Pan? of the Liang family assisted by his brothers. The China interest in the link between Macao and Hong Kong placed particular importance on the hydrofoil company. David Liang?s aims for the IHS included broadening the membership to encompass a wider cross section of people including mariners, designers, shipbuilders, and transportation consultants. During David Liang?s term as president of the Society, changes took place within IHS and the expanding world of hydrofoils. In competition with the Hong Kong Macao Hydrofoil Company, the Far East Company of Hong Kong acquired Boeing-built Jetfoils. This competition along with the demands of the Liang family?s businesses curtailed David?s travels to various meeting of the Council in London and the North American Chapter. David stayed in touch with both organizations and suggested an IHS meeting in Hong Kong. This never came to be, much to the regret of many of the membership.

Meyer, John R. - Mr. Meyer holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Aero-nautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has done additional graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the same field. Since joining the David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center in 1971, he has been associated with Advanced Naval Vehicles, particularly hydrofoils and hybrid ship forms, in the Advanced Concepts Office and the Programs Department of the Ship Systems and Programs Directorate. He has authored a number of DTRC reports, AIAA, and ASNE papers on the subject of hydrofoils and hybrid marine vehicles. He holds several patents in this technical area. Prior to employment at DTRC he held several research and development, long range planning, and engineering management positions with Boeing-Vertol, Trans-Sonics Inc., Air Force Cambridge Research Center, and the Aero-Elastic Laboratory at M.I.T. Retired since 1997, he serves as consultant on hydrofoil, hybrid hullform, and other high performance marine vehicles. He has served on the AIAA Marine Systems and Technologies Committee, the High Speed Vehicle Committee of the American Towing Tank Conference, and now as President of the International Hydrofoil Society. He is also a member of American Society of Naval Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Society of Sigma Xi. IHS Goals: Having served as President of the IHS for several years, my goal is to continue to play a role of leadership in promoting the objectives and goals of the Society. This includes increasing and broadening the membership throughout the world. Also, as the IHS Newsletter editor, I plan to include more original articles written by the IHS members.

Monk, John -- John Monk began his hydrofoil career at The Boeing Company in August of 1959. He went to Boeing with plans to work on missiles, airplanes, etc. However, his supervisor told him he was being assigned to Harbor Island to work on ships that flew on wings. He never dreamed he would work on ships. The first hydrofoil he worked on was not actually a hydrofoil, it was a high speed hydroplane, Hydrofoil Test System (HTS). It was powered by a jet engine, and designed to test model hydrofoils suspended between the twin hulls. His first ship was the HIGH POINT (PCH-I and Mod-1); Next was TUCUMCARI (PGH-2); then the largest hydrofoil of all, the PLAINVIEW (AGEH-1), and subsequently LITTLE SQUIRT, the first water jet hydrofoil. Then after a short time on the 747 and the SES programs, John left Boeing to come to Washington DC to join Wheeler Industries Inc. There he provided support to the US Navy hydrofoil programs at the David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center, NAVSEA, NAVSEC and OPNAV. Eventually he spent the last eighteen years of his hydrofoil career supporting the PHM Program in Washington DC and Key West, Florida. He graduated from the University of Montana and is a charter member of the International Hydrofoil Society.

Spaulding, Ken - Ken Spaulding has 41 years of ship/AMV design and R&D experience, including 8 years as Technical Director of NAVSEA CONFORM Program; 12 years boat design; two years Deputy Design Manager FFG-7; 1 year management of submarine R&D; 5 years management of foreign AMV FMS and DEAs including NATO SWG/6; 5 years management of AALC/LCAC and hydrofoil designs. two years of technology studies. He served as 1993/94 Chairman of SNAME SD-5 Panel on Advanced Marine Vehicles. Ken is currently a member of USHS and IHS Boards. He has authored numerous fiberglass construction and AMV publications. Ken Spaulding has a major interest in the expansion of IHS membership with emphasis on Universities with AMV related programs since it is important to introduce new generations of designers to the potential of hydrofoils. He favors continuance of AMV CD-ROM initiative, funding and international support, encouragement of TV hydrofoil exposure, and a possible traveling hydrofoil museum exhibit. He intends to provide maximum support of the current outstanding website and newsletter efforts of Barney Black and John Meyer.

White, William - Mr. White has 40 years experience with Naval and Commercial ship design, research and development. The early part of his career was in Naval Shipyards working on the designs of nuclear attack and ballistic missile submarines and deep submersibles. In the early 70s, at the David Taylor Model Basin, Bill White created computer seakeeping and maneuvering simulations for the PHMs, AALC JEFF A & JEFF B, SES 100 A & B, and 3K SES. He helped improve the PHMs propulsion systems, especially the waterjet pumps and inlets cavitation. He then joined the Navy's Surface Effect Ship Project and managed the three thousand-ton Surface Effect Ship (3K-SES) 250,000hp Machinery Plant advanced technology development. In 1980 he began overseeing NAVSEA's SES and ACV research and development programs as he held progressively more senior management positions within the Naval Sea Systems Command. He served as the US Delegate to NATO's Special Working Group Six on Advanced Naval Vehicles developing SWATH, SES, ACVs, hydrofoils, etc. He was also active in many ship acquisition programs; contributed to the DDG 51, the MCM and MHCs, the LPD17, the US Coast Guards fleet of SES, and several other programs. In the private sector Bill White is president of Searider Inc. For twenty years he has led Searider Inc. in the design of pleasure craft, high speed ferries, fishing vessels, high performance ships along with the development of advanced propulsion systems, computerized ship design tools, R&D management support and software development. Mr. White has been instrumental in putting together the collection of Advanced Marine Vehicle technical documents for IHS's AMV CD-ROM #2. IHS Goals: "For the last couple of years he has been volunteering his time to maintain the "IHS Web Site and Bulletin Board" section of the International Hydrofoil Society. It has been a rewarding experience as he has gotten to know and appreciate the worldwide breadth and diversity of the personal and professional interest in hydrofoils and other advanced marine vehicles. He is interested in supporting all the activities of the society to grow and become even more international in flavor and scope.