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SUBJ/2003 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS GOLDEN TORCH AWARD
/WINNER//
RMKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO RDML MELVIN G. WILLIAMS, THE 2003
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS' GOLDEN TORCH AWARD WINNER FOR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT.  THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO
COMMAND A FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE, RDML WILLIAMS HAS
DEMONSTRATED ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.  FROM
CHIEF ENGINEER ABOARD USS WOODROW WILSON AND THE NUCLEAR PROPULSION
EXAMINING BOARD TO HIS CURRENT DUTY AS COMSUBGRU NINE, HE PROVED
CONSISTENTLY ADEPT AT MANAGING COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND SOLVING DIFFICULT
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.  HE IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE CONSUMMATE
PROFESSIONAL.
2.  THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY AND THE NAVY HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY
FROM HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS SKILL.  WE CONGRATULATE RDML WILLIAMS FOR
THIS ACHIEVEMENT AND THE RECOGNITION HE SO RIGHTLY DESERVES.
3.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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