Frederick J. Atkins ’67

Owner | J. Dion Yacht Yard, Inc.

Education:

• B.S., Maine Maritime Academy, 1967 (E)
• Harvard Business School – Marine Marketing

Career Highlights:

• 1st Engineer, American Trader, American Trading and Production (carried jet fuel from Persian Gulf to Vietnam), 1967-1971
• Engineer Control Systems Designer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation (designed automatic control systems for power plants), 1971-1973
• Chief Design Engineer, Edson Corporation, 1974-1979
• Owner, F.J. Dion Yacht Yard, Inc., 1980 – present

Distinguished Service:

• V.P. Executive Board, Salem Partnership –  lobbied congress for funding to build Friendship, a replica of a 178′ square rigged ship out of Salem, MA in 1790
• Consultant, National Park Service –  Project Manager on the Friendship project
• Consultant, Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• Harbor Planning Board, City of Salem