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RCA Names Reidberger Field Operations Mgr. Appointment of Melvin F. Reidberger as manager of field operations, Technical Prod-ucts Service, was announced by R. F. Adams, division vice-president, RCA Service Company, Camden, N.J. Mr. Reidberger, who will be located at com-pany offices in Cherry Hill, N.J., succeeds C. E. Johnson who is retiring after 39 years of service with the company. In his new post, Mr. Reidberger will be re-sponsible for the direction and supervision of operations at all technical products regional and field offices throughout the United States. Technicians working out of the offices service business, industrial, teletype, theatre, mobile radio, microwave, broadcast and marine equip-ment. Mr. Reidberger joined the RCA Service Company in 1947 as a television technician in Consumer Products Service. In 1950 he was named manager of the TV service branch in Oakhurst, N.J. He later held the same position in branches in Rahway, N.J.; St. Paul, Minn., and Chicago's north side. He was named man-ager of the Chicago District in 1956. He transferred from Consumer to Technical Products Service in 1965, being named to his most recent previous position as manager of the Western Region, with offices in Holly-wood, Calif. Prior to joining RCA, Mr. Reidberger at-tended Texas A&M in College Station. Texas. SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00903 P. O. BOX 2209 ? TELEPHONE 723-6010 ? 723-0769 ? CABLE ADDRESS "DRYDQCK" J Patterson-Sargent/Vita-Var, North Bruns-wick, N.J., divisions of Textron, in expanding their Marine Division, announced the appoint-ment of John E. Schubert to the post of as-sistant sales manager and Bohdan Pidlusky as field representative. Mr. Schubert comes to the company from Mobil Chemical's International Operations department where he filled the duties of marketing assistant. He is the author of several manuals on coating systems used in the marine field. A graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., Mr. Schubert holds a bachelor of science degree. An officer in the United States Naval Reserve, he also holds a third mate's license for oceangoing vessels of unlimited ton-nage. Mr. Pidlusky, who came to the company in 1958 from the Export Division of Sherwin-Williams, has held various positions with Pat-terson-Sargent/Vita-Var in its Trade, Indus-trial and Export Divisions. More recently, he has been active in the company's operation through its membership in the Transocean Ma-rine Paint Association, a group of 18 paint manufacturers with standardized service around the world. To his appointment as field representative, Mr. Pidlusky brings a knowl-edge of several languages shared by many As-sociation members. Both men will be under the direction of P. J. Milazzo, the company's vice-president in charge of industrial and marine sales. " MY JP2A PS=A GLASZ &