American Shipbuilding Association

CONTACT:
Cynthia L. Brown
202-544-8170

(Washington, D.C.) – The American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) announced on April 18, 2005 that Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) would be the 2005 recipient of the Herbert H. Bateman Award.  This award will be presented on Wednesday, April 20th at 6:00 pm during ASA’s Salute to the 109th Congress reception in the Gold Room (2168) of the Rayburn House Office Building.

“Trent Lott, throughout his 30 plus years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate, has been a tireless advocate of a stronger shipbuilding industry, and our Nation’s sea services.  He has consistently worked for larger shipbuilding budgets to fund more naval ships to ensure the security of the country.  He has worked to recapitalize our aging fleet of Coast Guard cutters, and to revive commercial shipbuilding in the United States.  He is also a leader in the fight to preserve and strengthen defense acquisition laws to require that ships and critical ship components be manufactured in America to provide our men and women in the military with the most survivable, safest, and most technologically advanced ships in the world”, said Cynthia Brown, President of the American Shipbuilding Association.

“His long and impressive record in support of a larger Navy, Coast Guard, and merchant fleet, and the supporting American shipbuilding industry has made him a deserving recipient of the Herbert H. Bateman Award,” she said.

The Herbert H. Bateman Award was established by the American Shipbuilding Association in 2000.  This Award is the shipbuilding industry’s highest recognition of an individual in the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, or industry who has demonstrated years of consistent, outstanding, and inspirational leadership in fighting for a stronger shipbuilding industry.  Congressman Herb Bateman of Virginia, the award’s namesake, demonstrated these qualities throughout his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 – 2000.

Previous recipients of the Herbert H. Bateman award are:  Herbert H. Bateman (R-VA); Olympia Snowe (R-ME); Gene Taylor (D-MS); Ted Stevens (R-AK), and Duncan Hunter (R-CA).