1951

Berl Bernhard and a crew of eight won major prizes in the Annapolis-Newport yacht race on June 16. In one of the oldest of sports, Berl sailed away with the first place trophy (Class III) in this annual event sponsored by the New York Yacht Club. Berl beat out a fleet of 18 other yachts in his class in Invictus, his new 40-foot, single-mast sloop.

Racing under the international offshore rule, Berl's sloop also placed second overall win- ning the Donald Trumpy Memorial Trophy, presented by the Annapolis Yacht Club for yachts finishing second on corrected time. Not to be out-navigated, Invictus also took the overall performance trophy, presented to the class winner which beats the average corrected time of the next two boats in its class by the largest margin.

The black-hulled sloop left Annapolis, Md., on June 13, skirted the shores of Delaware and New Jersey, and arrived in Newport, R. 1., 66 hours, six minutes, and four seconds later.

Pete Krehbiel has been named vice presi- dent, secretary, and general counsel of Babcock International Inc. of Trumbull, Conn. He previously held a similar position with Acco Industries Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of B.I.I.

In his new post, Pete will be involved in management activities not only for Acco Industries but also other B.I.I, subsidiaries. These include Keeler Corporation of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Huwood-Irwin Company of Irwin, Pa.; Babcock Contractors Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Ajax International Corporation of San Diego, Calif. Pete retains his position as secretary of AccoTndustries, which he joined in 1964 as a patent and trademark lawyer. He was elected secretary in 1967, general counsel in 1970, and vice president in 1979.

In addition, Pete is active in a number of civic organizations and is a member of the board of directors of the local chapters of the United Way, Junior Achievement, and Goodwill Industries. Pete resides in Stamford, Conn.

Jim Rogers, judge of the Hennepin County Municipal Court, was elected to chair the American Bar Association National Conference of Special Court Judges on August 12. Jim was elected in New Orleans during the 1981 annual meeting of the A.8.A., the largest voluntary professional association in the world, with more than 280,000 members. The conference has nearly 1,000 members and is one of seven components of the A.B.A. Judicial Administration Division.

Jim has served in the county court since 1962 and previously served as a judge for the city of Hopkins for three years. He was in private practice from 1956 to 1962, starting as an associate in the firm of Johnson & Sands and then practicing in his own office.

In the A.B.A., Jim has been active in other capacities, and now serves as the division's liaison with the A.B.A. Special Committee on Housing and Urban Development Law and as a special advisor to the A.B.A. Special Committee on Minor Dispute Resolution. He also chairs the division's Metropolitan Courts Committee.

Locally, Jim is director of the Minneapolis chapter of the American Red Cross and a past director of Minnesota Fellowship of Congregationalists.

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