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W. G. Sherwood Heads Two OSE Divisions Sidney Kulek, vice-president and general manager of Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc. (OSE), has announced the appointment of Wil-bur G. Sherwood to the position of manager of two of the company's divisions. The two divisions under his direction will be the Engineer-ing-East Division and the newly formed Field Operations Division. As manager of Engineering-East, Mr. Sherwood's duties will include management of OSE's engineering and ship design programs. He will additionally act as program man-ager for the design, construction and operation of the 2,000-ton Alcoa Seaprobe, the world's first deep-wa-ter search and recovery vessel. Al-so included will be the develop-ment of engineering on oil and wa-ter pollution control systems which OSE has developed and is current-ly testing. The Field Operations responsibilities include manage-ment of Ocean Scallops, Inc. with their supporting vessels the Sheela L. and the Ruth M., and Ocean Science Ships, Inc. which include the RV Gulfrex, RV Oceaneer and RV Wando River which are pres-ently deployed around the world. Mr. Sherwood will manage his divisions from the corporate head-quarters at 4905 Del Ray Avenue, Washington, D.C. with a branch office in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Sherwood comes to Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc., with a long background in management of ocean engineering, operations and research vessels. In 1961 he joined the newly formed General Motors Defense Research Labora-tories in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was appointed head, sea test and later head, ocean engineering. In this capacity, he was responsible for all ocean engineering and sea-borne activities including the cur-rent Sea Spider and Amchitka in-stallation programs in support of the Office of Naval Research and the Atomic Energy Commission respectively. Mr. Sherwood is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and holds a post graduate master of science degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University. Pacific Marine Names Kuwada Executive V-P Richard Y. Kuwada Richard Y. Kuwada, vice-presi-dent of Pacific Marine and Supply Co. Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii, has been promoted to executive vice-president and elected to the board of directors. He will manage the company's operations and long-range growth as marine and indus-trial contractors, ship repairs and ship chandlers. Before joining Pacific Marine 18 months ago, Mr. Kuwada was with the Dillingham Corporation. 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