Sun Ship Names Schmitt Naval Architect Administrative Division

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., has appointed Richard Schmitt as naval architect, Shipbuilding Administrative Division. Mr. Schmitt's responsibilities include the review and updating of ship repair cost estimating techniques and the development of special marketing programs. He reports to Everett C. Hunt, director of the Shipbuilding Administrative Division.

Mr. Schmitt comes to Sun from Exxon International, Tanker Department, in Florham Park, N.J., where he worked from 1966 to 1977. While with Exxon, he had a variety of assignments, including design of specialty gas carriers, pollution control, tanker planning and acquisition economics, and the design of a computerized shipbuilding data and retrieval system. His last post with Exxon International was senior project engineer.

From 1962 to 1966, Mr. Schmitt worked for J.J. Henry Co., Inc., naval architects and marine engineers in New York City.

Mr. Schmitt is a graduate of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and holds an MBA degree in international business management from New York University.

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