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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Frank J. Basile

Passes Away at 93

KelleherBayleyBeauchesneYildirim Patenaude senior vice president of the U.S. Cham-

Volvo Penta Names Kelleher VP

Volvo Penta of the Americas announced ber of Commerce’s National Security & the appointment of Tony Kelleher as Emergency Preparedness Department, vice president for customer support Beauchesne led homeland defense, and training. Kelleher will support cybersecurity, and resilience issues on marine and industrial segments within behalf of the business community for

Basile the United States, Canada, Mexico, more than a decade. Beauchesne also

Central America and the Caribbean. served two terms on the Federal Emer-

Previously, Kelleher was director of the gency Management Agency National

Naval architect, marine engi- marine leisure segment with respon- Advisory Council (FEMA-NAC). neer and industry icon Frank sibility for OEM and dealer sales and

Basile died on February 6th.

Yildirim Promoted to APC partnership development for North

He founded a naval architecture

Marine Manager

America. He earned a Master of Sci- and marine engineering busi-

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has ence degree in Engineering Manage- ness, Entech, in the mid-1970s ment from Wayne State University and elevated Captain Onur Yildirim to the and went on to design myriad a Bachelor of Engineering degree from position of Marine Manager. Yildirim vessels in the many years that will manage the company’s marine

Leeds Metropolitan University. followed. A graduate of Tulane coatings operations including sales,

University, Basile was also a na- technical, and after-sales service. Prior

Seafarers’ House to Honor val of