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Decca Names Vanina

National Sales Manager

ITT Decca Marine Inc. of New York has appointed Rene A. Vanina national sales manager, according to an announcement by

Keith Dickenson, executive vice president.

ITT Decca Marine Inc. is a leading sup- plier of marine electronic navigation aids, communications and automation equipment.

Its products range from yacht radar to auto- mation equipment for mammoth tankers.

As national sales manager, Mr. Vanina will be responsible for liaison with I.D.M.'s nation- wide distribution network consisting of over 80 dealers.

Mr. Vanina's past associations include Sper- ry and General Dynamics, where he served in various marketing and engineering manage- ment capacities. He joined ITT Decca in

November 1966.

A 1937 electrical engineering graduate of the College of the City of New York, Mr.

Vanina is a member of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers and the

American Society of Naval Engineers.

Devoe Marine Appoints

J.M. Quinn Jr. And Dr. Verbanic

Joseph M. Quinn Jr. Dr. Carl J. Verbanic

Clete Pinaire, vice president of marketing, has announced that Joseph M. Quinn Jr. and

Dr. Carl J. Verbanic have assumed new posi- tions in the Devoe Marine Division of Cela- nese Coatings Company.

Mr. Quinn has been appointed manager of field sales, and will be responsible for selling all product lines in the domestic marine in- dustry.

Dr. Verbanic has been appointed to the newly created position of manager, marketing and planning.

Mr. Quinn joined Celanese Coatings Com- pany in 1962 as a Devoe Marine Division sales representative. Most recently he was manager of Government sales. Mr. Quinn holds a B.S. degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad- emy and has completed the Harvard Business

School Program for Management Develop- ment.

Dr. Verbanic transferred from Celanese

Chemical Company to Celanese Coatings Com- pany in 1965 as manager of market research.

Since 1968 he has filled the position of manager of planning and new product development.

Dr. Verbanic holds a B.S. from Canisius Col- lege, an M.S. from Holy Cross, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.

Financing Approval For

American Mail Line

Approval has been received by the American

Mail Line, Ltd., Seattle, Wash, for mortgage bonds in the amount of $9,750,000. The pro- ceeds of this financing will be applied to the conversion of three C-4 type cargo ships into full containerships. Work on the vessels is to be done by the Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s

San Francisco yard.

February 1, 1971

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