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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Hadjipateras Kumar Brown Brown SmithPhilip

Academy (MMA). The four recipi- ents, Bryan P. Wall, Robert M. Neal,

Peter Persechino and Adam Szloch, were chosen based on their excellent grades, demonstrated ? nancial need and plans to pursue a career in the maritime industry. Wall is a freshman from Manasquan, NJ, majoring in marine transportation. Neal is a junior from North Billerica, MA, majoring in marine engineering. Persechino is a sophomore from Barkhamsted, CT, majoring in marine transportation.

Szloch is a junior from Melrose, MA, and a marine transportation major.

Uni? ed McMurdo

Brand is Of? cial

The strategy to transition McMurdo,

Kannad, Sarbe, Techno-Sciences, Inc. and Boatracs brands into a uni? ed

McMurdo brand was started in Febru- ary 2013. McMurdo CEO Jean-Yves

Courtois announced in July that the name change became of? cial. Mc-

Murdo intends for the brand change to strengthen its position as a provider of an end-to-end Emergency Readiness and Response platform and ecosystem.

NAMEPA Welcomes

Board Member

The North American Marine Environ- ment Protection Association (NAME-

PA) has welcomed its newest board member, Marina Hadjipateras. Had- jipateras is Vice President Corporate

Communications with Dorian LPG

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