The United Seamen’s Service recently announced its honorees for the 2005 Admiral of the Ocean Seas Awards. The organization’s news release follows:DAVIS, HANDY & SCIOSCIA TO RECEIVE 2005 AOTOS AWARD
Event to be held in NY on November 4, 2005
The United Seamen’s Service (USS) 2005 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards will be presented to Ron Davis, president of Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA), AFL-CIO; General John W. Handy, USAF, commander of the United States Transportation Command; and Anthony A. Scioscia, president of APM Terminals North America.
The maritime industry’s most prestigious honors will be awarded at a gala industry dinner and dance to be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, New York City, on November 4, 2005. John Bowers, Chairman of the USS AOTOS Committee and President of the International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO, made the announcements.
“These three leaders represent the American maritime spirit in all the vital areas in our industry,” said Bowers. “Ron Davis, General Handy and Tony Scioscia all understand that while being leaders in their own areas of labor, government and management, they must embrace and cooperate with each other to keep the American transportation industry working.”
Bowers added, “Our recipients have been selected by those who know them best, international transportation leaders who understand very well the challenges and issues which confront United States shipping and the American seafarers and recognize their leadership in this area.”
Davis, Handy and Scioscia led the field of nominees for the award, solicited by USS from over 150 maritime management, labor and government officials. All proceeds from the event benefit USS community services abroad for the U.S. Merchant Marine and those of other free world countries. The recipients will share the evening with a group of American seafarers who will be honored for specific acts of bravery at sea.
Davis was named MEBA’s district and national president in early 2002. He began his career in the Navy, which included time in Vietnam. In 1975, Davis entered the Calhoun MEBA Engineering School’s cadet program, which he successfully completed in 1978. He sailed on MEBA contracted vessels until elected to union office in 1991.
Davis began his service in the union as a MEBA patrolman in the Port of New Orleans. He was elected Gulf Coast vice president/New Orleans branch agent in 1996 and again in 1999 before beginning his service as the union’s president three years later. Davis also serves as chairman of the board of trustees of the MEBA Pension, Training, Medical and Benefits Plans as well as the chairman of the American Maritime Congress. He holds a chief engineer’s license - steam & motor unlimited. Davis and his wife, Lois, reside in Silver Spring, Maryland and have two children, Phillip and Stefanie.
General John W. Handy currently serves as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command and commander, Air Mobility Command, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He was commissioned in 1967 and received his pilot wings in 1968 and has served in various high-ranking positions. Prior to assuming his current position, the general was vice chief of staff at U.S. Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon.
General Handy is a command pilot who has logged more than 300 combat hours in Southeast Asia. The general is a heavily decorated officer receiving many major awards and decorations. Throughout his tenure at USTRANSCOM his reputation is that of a “hands-on” executive. He has worked to fund the Maritime Security Program and with his support the National Defense Authorization Act for FY04 was enacted, authorizing the expansion of the current MSP
fleet from 47 to 60 vessels for the newly reauthorized 10-year MSP, which begins October 1, 2005. This increase will play a vital role in expanding U.S. seafarer jobs.
General Handy and his wife, Mickey, reside in O’Fallon, Illinois and have one daughter, Mary.
Anthony Scioscia was appointed president of APM Terminals North America in 1999. The organization, which is a Maersk company, operates 13 container terminals in North America. Previously, Scioscia was senior vice president of Sea-Land Service’s North America Operations Group and was a member of Sea-Land’s Operating Executive Board.
At Sea-Land, he held the positions of vice president and general manager, North America Operations Group and Atlantic Division; vice president of quality and of sales for North America. He has also held senior executive positions with U.S. Lines and with Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.
A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Scioscia is a graduate of Seton Hall University and Columbia University’s executive management program. He received the Boy Scouts’ Good Scout Award in 1996 and the Containerization & Intermodal Institute’s CONNIE in 2003.
Scioscia and his wife, Karen, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina and they have three daughters and one son.
For AOTOS 2005, Captain Robert Hart, USN (ret.) and Samuel B. Nemirow will be serving as national committee co-chairmen. Michael Sacco, president of the Seafarers International Union, is dinner chairman. Other committee members and chairmanships will be announced shortly.
USS continues to provide community services for the U.S. Merchant Marine, the American Armed Forces, and seafarers of the world. USS, a non-profit agency established in 1942, operates centers in nine foreign ports in Europe, Asia, Africa and in the Indian Ocean, and also provides seagoing libraries to American vessels through its affiliate, the American Merchant Marine Library Association.
Talmage Simpkins is president and Roger Korner is executive director of USS and AMMLA.
Information about the gala and on ticket and advertising journal information is available from USS AOTOS Coordinator Barbara Spector Yeninas (barbara@bsya.com) or Scott Saltz at (800) 231-8244 or USS at (212) 269-0711.
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