[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1764]
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       TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY

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                           HON. GEORGE MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 1997

  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to invite my 
colleagues to join me in celebrating 25 years of women serving in the 
U.S. maritime industry. The California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA, 
is celebrating this occasion at a series of events scheduled today, and 
I would like to commend the California Maritime Academy for its role in 
supporting and encouraging women in the maritime industry.
  The California Maritime Academy was established through legislation 
signed in June 1929 to train merchant marine officers for the maritime 
industry. Cal Maritime, a campus of the California State University, is 
the only maritime academy in the western region of the United States.
  Women first began pursuing careers in the maritime industry in 1972 
when five female cadets enrolled at the California Maritime Academy. 
One hundred and thirty-seven women have graduated from the California 
Maritime Academy since 1972. One of the first women graduates at Cal 
Maritime, Lynn Fivey Korwatch, went on to sail as the first female 
captain of an American flagship, and another, Jean Thatcher Arnold, 
became the first female to be licensed as chief engineer in the U.S. 
merchant marine.
  Cal Maritime became the first maritime academy in the United States 
to have a woman serve as its president, Dr. Mary Lyons, from 1990 to 
1996. Currently Sadie Rabe at Cal Maritime is the newly-selected corps 
commander whose responsibilities include administration and enforcement 
of all academy rules and regulations, and supervision of all cadet 
conduct. Cal Maritime can take great pride in the accomplishments and 
successes of both male and female graduates.
  Again, I invite my colleagues to join me in celebrating 25 years of 
women in the U.S. maritime industry.

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