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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Kuosa Hobbs and Training Manager responsible for

Obituary: aftermarket sales and training in the

Adm. James Steele Gracey

Admiral James Steele Gracey, USCG Americas region.

Admiral James Steele Gracey (retired), 17th Commandant of the

Thrustmaster Hires Fisher

Coast Guard, passed away on Sunday,

Carl Fisher joins Thrustmaster of

April 5, 2020, in Falls Church, Va., at

Texas as Government Sales Manager, the age of 92.

Born in Newton, Mass. in 1927, focused on expanding the US Govern-

Adm. Gracey graduated from the U.S. ment market for Thrustmaster propul-

Coast Guard Academy in 1949 and sion systems and technologies.

Harvard Graduate School in 1956.

Callan Marine Names New COO

His career included diverse tours both

Reiss

Callan Marine has hired Arie van den ashore and a?oat, culminating with his role as Coast Guard Commandant from Adel as its new Chief Operating Of?- cer. A 30-year veteran of the dredging 1982 until his retirement in 1986.

Adm. Gracey is survived by his wife industry, van den Adel has served as a of almost 71 years, their daughter and Dredging Operations Consultant since 2018, managing a great variety of dredg- son, three grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. He was preceded in ing projects around the globe.

death by his daughter.

AEGIR-Marine Taps de Lange

Merritt Gonzalez as Managing Director

Reiss to Lead NOAA’s OPC

AEGIR-Marine has appointed Jaap

NOAA has selected Arthur John “A.J.” Reiss, as the director of NOAA’s de Lange as Managing Director. de

Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) in Lange, who comes from a role at Da-

College Park, Maryland. OPC provides men Shipyards, will start his new role marine forecasts and critical decision on June 15, succeeding Peter Zoeteman, support services for mariners, ensuring who has served as a Managing Director the safety of lives and vessels at sea by ad interim since September 2019.

alerting to hazards like hurricane-force van den Adel

Gibbs & Cox Hires Hobbs winds and high seas.

Naval architecture and marine engi- neering ?rm Gibbs & Cox announced

Two Join MJP

Marine Jet Power (MJP) announced Brian Hobbs has joined the company as

Cole Merritt and Peter Gonzalez have Chief Information Of?cer. In his new joined its business development team role, Hobbs will provide executive lead- ership and oversight of the full spectrum in the Americas. Merritt is Sales Man- ager responsible for OEM sales in of corporate information technology in-

North, South and Central America, frastructure, security, end user services, de Lange and Gonzalez is as Aftermarket Sales people and processes.

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