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1943 and received his bachelor of science degree in accounting from the New York University School of Commerce in 1949. He joined

Texaco's affiliate, Caltex Petrole- um Corporation, that same year and subsequently held several posi- tions in marine operations at New

York, London, and Bordeaux. In 1967, he was transferred to Tex- aco's marine department in New

York as manager of chartering and traffic. In 1969, he was named dep- uty managing director of Texaco

Overseas Tankship Limited in

London and was named managing director there a year later.

Mr. Pointon attended the Prahan

Technical School in Melbourne,

Australia, and served as a deck of- ficer for the merchant service. He joined Caltex Petroleum Corpora- tion in 1950 and became an as- sistant marine superintendent in

London in 1954. From 1956 until 1966 he held several managerial positions with the Caltex organiza- tion. Thereafter, he was transferred to Texaco Overseas Tankship Lim- ited in London, as a manager of operations, and in May 1970, he was named deputy managing di- rector.

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Texaco Names Cole

General Manager

Marine Department

James A. Cole

Texaco Inc. has announced the appointment of James A. Cole as general manager of the marine de- partment in New York. Mr. Cole succeeds Leland A. Smith, who has retired after 46 years of service in marine operations. It was also an- nounced that Eric F. Pointon has been appointed managing director of Texaco Overseas Tankship Lim- ited, a Texaco subsidiary, in Lon- don.

Mr. Cole was graduated from the

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in

Pictured at the January 13 meeting, left to right: R. Kiss, Maritime Administration;

F. Everett Reed, Littleton Research and Engineering Corporation; F. Dashnaw, Maritime

Administration; D. Strohmeier, Bethlehem Steel Corporation; P. Eisenberg, Hydronautics,

Inc., and E. Scott Dillon, Maritime Administration.

Propeller Failure Analysis Discussed

At SNAME Chesapeake Section Meeting

The fourth scheduled meeting of the Chesapeake Section of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers had one of the heaviest turnouts of the season.

Over 120 members attended the technical sessions presented at the

Walter Reed Officer's Club in

Washington, D.C. Included among the guests was Daniel D. Stroh- meier, vice president, Bethlehem

Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Di- vision, and president of SNAME.

During the technical session, a joint paper titled "Propeller Strain

Measurements and Vibration Meas- urements on the S.S. Michigan" was presented by F.J. Dashnaw, of the Maritime Administration, and

F. Everett Reed, president, Little- ton Research and Engineering Cor- poration. The S/S Michigan is a 24,000-shp general purpose cargo ship and one of five sister ships.

The paper discusses the program undertaken to determine the cause of the propeller blade failures ex- perienced on these ships and on other ships of the same basic de- sign. The paper discussed in con- siderable detail the results of the program to acquire strain data on the propeller and corresponding hull vibration measurements that was undertaken by the States Steam- ship Company, American President

Lines, American Bureau of Ship- ping and the Maritime Administra- tion. E. Scott Dillon of the Mari- time Administration acted as mod- erator for the technical session.

Following the presentation of the paper, prepared discussions were offered by five of the attending members.

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