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J. L. Wilson (A´25) assistant chief surveyor, American Bureau of Shipping, New York, N. Y., is chairman of the Institute´s committee on applications to marine work, for the year 1935–36. Mr. Wilson was born May 29, 1894, at Elizabeth, N. J. After graduating from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in 1914, he undertook postgraduate work in mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute, New York. Previous to graduation he did work in connection with shipbuilding. After graduation, he became assistant editor of Marine Engineering. In 1915 he became a designer of submarines for the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, later undertaking aviation research in the U.S. Navy Department, Washington, D. C. He entered the scientific section of the New York Navy Yard in 1916, and during 1916–17 was chief engineer of the Talbot Boiler and Engine Corporation. He entered the employ of the American Bureau of Shipping in 1917, being at that time surveyor at Philadelphia, Pa. In 1920 he was transferred to the technical staff at New York, N. Y., and in 1926 was appointed to his present position as assistant chief surveyor. Mr. Wilson has for a number of years supervised all the electrical engineering work of the bureau, including the construction, installation, and maintenance of electrical apparatus on vessels of the Merchant Marine under the cognizance of the American Bureau of Shipping. The work also has involved modification of electrical standards for marine work. He has been active on a number of sectional committees relating to electrical installations on shipboard, and has been a member of the Institute´s committee on applications to marine work since 1925.