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“Pride“Eases Their “Bereavement The ache was relieved a bit when Roger Simons’ parents christened the Environmental Protection Acency’s Great Lakes research craft in ceremonies in the Detroit River off Cobo Hall. His mother, Mrs. Martha Simons, smashed the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow of the former Coast Guard buoy tender MAPLE while his father, Robert, stood proudly by. The 342-ton vessel, now fitted with chemistry and biology laboratory facilities as well as accommodations for a scientific staff, will be operated under a con- tract with the Great Lakes Laboratory of the University of New York in Buffalo. The Simons’ son, Roger, was an aquatic biologist, a graduate of Michigan State University, who was engaged in an industrial waste survey on the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Mo., when he lost his life in 1970. At the conclusion of the ceremony Roger’s father said, “It’s a very great honor. Something like this means so much.” It didn’t re- store Roger to them but it did give them the feeling he had not died in vain and that the efforts which cost him his life were appreciated by the nation he served.