Steven Nicholas Anastasion - Son of Savas and Eleni Anastasion of New Haven and Orange Connecticut. Born April 9, 1921 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Steven N. Anastasion is Vice President Emeritus of the International Council of Academies
of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS). From the start of the organization in 1985 through 1999 he was
the Vice President and Secretary (chief operating officer) of CAETS. Among his achievements in the development
of CAETS are the successful establishment of a number of new national engineering academies around the world, and
increasing the membership of CAETS from the original five founding national academies to 22. During this period
he was also a consultant to the Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law, to
the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, and to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
Anastasion is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (BS, 1942) which he entered following graduation
from New Haven (CT) High School. He is also a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSEE, 1948),
the Naval War College (1958), and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1964).
While in the Navy he served as Technical Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (R&D); Staff Director
of the Interagency Committee on Oceanography (ICO); Assistant Director, Secretary of the Navy's Office of Program
Appraisal; Technical Officer, Task Group 3.1 (Operation Greenhouse-Eniwetok) for which he was responsible for the
air-pressure measuring instrumentation for the weapons tests; Technical Officer, Nuclear Energy Applications, Bureau
of Ordnance; Director, Nuclear School, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project; and as Commander, Naval Weapons Laboratory,
a multi-laboratory institution responsible for the development of surface weapon systems for the U.S. Navy.
During WWII he served aboard the USS Champlin (DD601) from 1942 to 1945, becoming its Executive Officer in 1944.
During this period, Champlin took part in numerous trans-Atlantic convoys, submarines, actions, the invasions of
Sicily and Southern France, and also in the Anzio Beachhead operations. In 1949 was assigned as Assistant Gunnery
Officer and Special Weapons Officer aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVB 43), remaining until called for service with
Task Group 3.1 in 1950. From 1952-1954 he commanded Destroyer Escort USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416), from 1958-1960
Destroyer USS Hawkins (DDR873), and from 1964-1967 Guided Missile Cruiser USS Leahy (DLG-16). In addition to several
deployments to the Sixth Fleet with Hawkins and Leahy, he was also aboard Leahy during its service as Flagship
for the Operation UNITAS VII (1966) exercising with the Navies of South America.
Upon retirement from active duty in 1972, Anastasion joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) as Director, Policy and Plans (Marine Resources) and as Executive Secretary, Interagency Committee on Marine
Science and Engineering. In 1976, he was named Director of the agency's Office of Ocean Engineering.
In 1980, he was appointed Executive Director of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA),
a statutory advisory committee to the Congress and to the President, and served in that capacity until 1985.
During 1972-1985, Anastasion was U.S. Chief Scientist for the U.S.?France Agreement on Cooperation in Oceanography
(1974-1985) for which he received the National Order of Merit (Chevalier) from the President of the Republic of
France. He was also U.S. Chairman of the Marine Resources and Engineering Coordinating Committee of the U.S.?Japan
Natural Resources Agreement (1975-1980).
His decorations from the Navy include two awards of the Legion of Merit and two awards of the Bronze Star with
Combat Insignia (WWII). He was` also designated Naval Ordnance Engineer for his work in that field. In 1972, the
Fredericksburg Area (Virginia) Chamber of Commerce gave him The Outstanding Community Service Award.
He is a Fellow of the Marine Technology Society and a Member of its Executive Committee from 1976 to 1983; Charter
Member of the Senior Executive Service of the United States; Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Oceans Law
and Policy, University of Virginia; Member, International Advisory Committee of the American Association of Engineering
Societies (to 12/99); Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Engineering; Honorary Member, National Academy of Engineering
of Brazil; Founding Foreign Member, Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic; Foreign Member, Academy of Engineering
in Poland; Founding Foreign Member, Slovak Academy of Engineering Sciences, and Corresponding Member, Royal Academy
of Engineering of Spain.
He is also a member of Hiram Lodge No.1 (Connecticut) A.F. & A.M.; of the American Legion (McLean Post 270,
Virginia); of the Alumni Associations of the US Naval Academy, MIT, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces;
of the U.S. Naval War College Foundation; of the American Society of the French Order of Merit; and of Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox Church of Grimesland, North Carolina..
He is a Member of the National Association for the Optimization of Lift over Drag, a Trusty Shellback of the Solemn
Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep, an Admiral of the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, and an alumnus
of the Kay Kayser Kollege of Musical Knowledge.
Steven Anastasion married Charlotte Eleni Kirn-Bauer of Austria in 1967. He has two children from a former marriage,
daughter Susan Eleni Ludlum of Connecticut and son Steven Michael Anastasion of South Carolina, five grandchildren,
and one great grandson.
10 July 2006
Steven N. Anastasion
201 Connecticut Drive
Chocowinity, NC 27817
E-mail: sna@alum.mit.edu