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ASNE Appoints New

Executive Director

As of April 1, Capt. Dennis K.

Kruse, USN (Ret.) became the new executive director of the

American Society of Naval

Engineers (ASNE). Previous to his latest appointment, Capt. Kruse completed a 30-year career in the

U.S. Navy, most recently serving as executive director of the Policy,

Operations and Acquisition

Support Directorate, Space and

Naval Warfare Systems Command.

In the past, he has served as the commanding officer of the Naval

Sea Support Center Atlantic in

Portsmouth, Va., and as comman- der of the Naval Ship Systems

Engineering Station (NAVSSES) in Philadelphia, Pa.

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Consolidation Plan, Capt. Kruse reportedly led the merger between

NAVSSES and David Taylor

Research Institute to form the

Carderock Division of the Naval

Surface Warfare Center, of which he was the first commanding offi- cer.

A member of ASNE since 1979,

Capt. Kruse has served as vice chairman and chairman of the association's Delaware Valley sec- tion. He has served three terms on

ASNE's Council and has also served on its Sections Committee.

CLIA Elects Executive

Committee Members

On June 18, the Cruise Lines

International Association (CLIA) member lines elected four officials to Executive Committee positions.

Stein Kruse of Radisson Seven

Seas Cruises, a committee member since 1994, was named CLIA vice chairman, with former vice chair- man Rick James of Princess

Cruises, ascending to the chair- ship.

Joe Watters of Crystal Cruises and Celebrity Cruises President

Richard Sacco joined the com- mittee as members-at-large.

Carnival Cruise Lines' (CCL)

Senior Vice President of Sales and

Marketing Vicki Freed was named the new chairwoman of the

Marketing Committee, and was named CCL's representative on the

Executive Committee.

Rounding out the Executive

Committee are Gary Sain of

Premier Cruise Lines, whose term continues until July 1997, and Jim

Godsman, president of CLIA.

The election was held at the recent CLIA Managing Committee meeting held in Vancouver.

Schiller Service Corp. Hires

New Engineers

Rudi Durez and Thomas

Pelowski have joined the team of ship and mobile crane service engi- neers at Schiller Service

Corporation, located in Hampton,

Va. Mr. Durez, formerly employed by Munck Autech as an engineer- ing technician, and Mr. Pelowski, previously an engineer in an

Arizona powerplant, are now responsible for troubleshooting and repairing electronic, hydraulic and mechanical systems.

Schiller Service was formed in 1990 to provide service, spare parts and technical support for

Liebherr's line of ship and mobile cranes.

In addition to its Hampton head- quarters, the company maintains offices in Houston, Texas, and Long

Beach, Calif.

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