THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS takes great pleasure in presenting The Harold E. Saunders Award for the year 2003 to Professor Jacques B. Hadler for his for his significant contribution to naval engineering as set forth in the following

RADM David P. Sargent, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Dr. Roger Compton present the Harold E. Saunders Award to Professor Hadler

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Professor Hadler's extraordinary career in Naval Engineering spans more than 60 years; and it is marked by prolific contributions in engineering, research, design, education, professional publication and mentoring of fellow naval engineers. He has demonstrated consistent and remarkable professional growth by remaining at the leading edge of technology in his areas of expertise for many decades and he has inspired a comparable commitment to professional growth in many of those he has mentored and taught. For over six decades since World War II his work has had profound influence on the evolution of both U.S. Navy and commercial ships in the areas of ship resistance, propulsion, ship dynamics and advanced ship concepts.

Professor Hadler has been the nation's leading expert on conventional propeller design for many years. As a leading researcher at the David Taylor Model Basin, he contributed to the design of many of the propellers that served the Navy throughout the Cold War and subsequently, as Dean and Professor at Webb Institute he modernized the curriculum and educated the designers who are responsible for most of the propellers in today's Navy Fleet. Additionally, he has long been the leading designer of surface ship propellers, having designed over sixty propellers for large commercial ships, including many designed for special services.

Professor Hadler has displayed truly remarkable productivity and exceptional technical achievement while attaining broad national and international recognition among his peers as a leading expert in the field of ship powering and propulsion. He has accumulated immense wisdom and skill over the course of his exceptional career, and he has demonstrated a remarkable enthusiasm and proficiency for imparting his knowledge and experience to others. His lifetime of laudatory achievement and devotion to his profession are indeed worthy of the acclaim of the American Society of Naval Engineers by presentation of the prestigious Harold E. Saunders Award.

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