Robert D. Somerville ’65

Chairman/C.E.O. | American Bureau of Shipping

Education:

• B.S., Maine Maritime Academy, 1965 (E)
• Harvard Business School Program for Management Development, 1987

Career Highlights:

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
• President and Chief Operating Officer, ABS
• President and Chief Operating Officer, ABS Europe
• Regional Manager for Western Europe, Northern and Western Africa, ABS, London
• Principal Surveyor, ABS, Portugal, Taiwan, and Korea
• Field Surveyor/Senior Surveyor, ABS, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee,  Sturgeon Bay, New York and Venezuela
• Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
• Marine Department, Texaco

Distinguished Service:

• Boards of ABS and the ABS Group of Companies
• Maine Maritime Academy Alumni Association Board of Directors
• Trustee of the Seamen’s Church Institute
• Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Distinguished Alumnus, MMA, 1994
• Member of International Maritime Hall of Fame
• Recipient of the Admiral Halert C. Shepherd Award