THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
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Mr. Holden has provided exceptional service to ASNE and to the naval engineering profession through his diligent and energetic leadership of a number of the Society's most important committees and programs for well over a decade. He has served as member and Chairman of both the ASNE Day Technical Papers Committee and the ASNE Combat Systems Committee, and he conceived, originated, and has been the driving force behind the highly regarded series of Engineering the Total Ship Symposia. Further, he has been a zealous and relentless advocate and mentor for the Society's important role in documenting important advances in naval engineering through well-written, peer reviewed, and professionally published technical papers.
Through his role on the ASNE Day and Combat Systems committees, Mr. Holden helped to solidify ASNE's role and reputation for dealing effectively with the total ship by treating the combat systems, communications, and command and control systems as integral with the rest of the ship. To further that concept, Mr. Holden conceived the Engineering the Total Ship Symposia to highlight the critical concept of total ship systems engineering. He shaped the vision, carefully guided the planning, and skillfully led the preparation of a program to examine and teach the concept that a complex modern warship must be developed, constructed, and operated as a totally integrated system of systems, including the human operators and critical interoperability between systems. Through subsequent symposia, Mr. Holden has broadened the approach to encompass the integration of systems across a naval battle force and then a complex, theater-wide joint military force. In so doing, he has helped to keep ASNE programs focused on the demanding naval engineering challenges at the cutting edge of naval warfare.
Mr. Holden is a visionary and energetic leader who has substantially
advanced the principal purposes of ASNE and enhanced the professional stature
of the Society by establishing, promoting, and sustaining programs that clearly
demonstrate the complex, multi-disciplinary nature of naval engineering. As
a distinguished and long-term dedicated member who has worked tirelessly to
keep the Society's technical programs at the forefront of naval engineering,
Mr. Holden is truly most deserving of ASNE's Frank G. Law Award for 2001.