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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Engineering Corporation (NREC) recently announced that Dr.

David Miller will be joining the company as director of

Engineering as of Aug. 11.

Dr. Miller will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for NREC, as well as operational management of the Design and

Development unit and engineering functions. He will report to NREC

President Peter Baldwin.

Most recently, Dr. Miller served as acting deputy branch chief of the Turbomachinery Technology

Branch at the NASA Lewis

Research Center. He has also held senior research and aerospace engineering positions with General

Electric Co.

Marine Pollution Control

Celebrates 30th Anniversary

On Aug. 15, Marine Pollution

Control (MPC) celebrated its 30th year of responding to oil and haz- ardous materials spills worldwide.

David Usher, MPC's co-founder, teamed with Bert Piggott in 1967 and received its first response request when the Ford Motor

Company asked for assistance with an oil spill on the Rouge River. "The experiences gained in the last 30 years have shown me the importance of communication and cooperation among spill respon- ders," Usher said.

Exxon Shipping Analyst

Joins Clarksons

Fred Doll, a chartering analyst with Exxon Company

International in New Jersey, has been appointed senior shipping analyst at international ship- broking group Clarksons.

Clarksons' Chairman Hugh

McCoy said Mr. Doll would be "the interface between Clarkson

Research Studies and our brokers and their clients, providing that added value which we regard as part of our function as shipbro- kers."

Mr. Doll, a graduate of the State

University of New York Maritime

College, sailed with Exxon

Shipping Co. (now Seariver

Maritime) from 1979 until 1986, serving in the clean, crude and spe- cialty trades and gaining his Chief

Mate's License. At this same time, he became a Lt. Commander in the

U.S. Naval Reserves.

Kenneth Rogers Leaves OMI

After 11 years at OMI, Kenneth

Rogers has announced his depar- ture from his position as vice pres- ident to pursue his "lifelong ambi- tion" of company and vessel owner- ship.

He has reportedly acquired own- ership interest in Southern Ship

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Datrex, Inc. Announces

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Datrex, Inc. opened of a Seattle,

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