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Port Of Galveston

Appoints Gene Poe

Gene Poe

Gene Poe has assumed duties as engineer of the Port of Galveston, it was announced by port director,

C.S. Devoy.

A native of Dallas, Mr. Poe studied at the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pro- fessional engineer. He has been a structural engineer on the staff of the Port of Houston for the past 10 years. Prior to that, he was chief engineer of the Lofland Company

Houston plant.

An air force veteran of the Ko- rean War, Mr. Poe succeeds How- ard Kornberg, who resigned.

Nat'l River Academy

Citations Awarded

Twenty-three Congressional ci- tations were presented by Con- gressman Bill Alexander (D-Ark.) in Helena, Ark., to men who played major roles in establishing the Na- tional River Academy of the

United States of America, Inc.

Mr. Alexander delivered the cita- tions during the Academy's board of directors' meeting. "Without the dedicated, hard-headed work by these men," Mr. Alexander said, "the National River Acade- my would not have become a reali- ty. We would not now be provid- ing this training for inland water- ways industry employees in the safe handling of cargoes and safe operation of waterborne vehicles.

We would not be taking these im- portant steps toward strengthen- ing the capability of waterways in- dustries to contribute to the eco- nomic growth of the nation while protecting our marine environ- ment."

Mr. Alexander originated the idea of a river academy to train workers for the inland waterways transportation system. The men receiving the certificates were di- rectly involved in the research or organizational phases of the Acad- emy's establishment.

Those receiving the certificates include the following: Floyd A.

Mechling, Joliet, 111., chairman of the National River Academy board of directors; John M. Donnelly Jr.,

New Orleans, La., vice chairman, and B.D. Brandon, Little Rock,

Ark., secretary-treasurer; directors of the Academy: Gale H. Chap- man, Minneapolis, Minn.; Dr.

John Easley, Helena, Ark.; Francis

Thompson, Helena, Ark.; Capt.

Jim Walden, Helena, Ark.; T.F.

Ellis Jr., Galveston, Texas; L.R.

Fiore, Cincinnati, Ohio; Harry

Mack, Cincinnati, Ohio; Capt. No- ble Gordon, Tampa, Fla.; W.H.

Kennedy, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Wil- liam C. McNeal, New Orleans, La.;

Alvan D. Osbourne, Pittsburgh,

Pa.; Douglas Simmons, West He- lena, Ark.; H.K. Thatcher, Cam- den, Ark.; Dr. Bart Westerlund,

Little Rock, Ark., and Capt. Jack

Wofford, Jeffersonville, Ind.; Capt.

Pierre Becker of the U.S. Mer- chant Marine, acting director of the National River Academy;

Ch-ief Warrant Officer Carter

James of the 124th Transportation

Command, U.S. Army, who was loaned to the project to explore its feasibility, and Sheldon Held, He- lena, Ark.; Dr. Mel Freed, Ark- ansas State University, and Dale

Enoch, Memphis, Tenn., who play- ed substantial roles in researching and setting up the National River

Academy.

Higgins To Head

MPA New York Office

Francis J. Higgins has been named manager of the Massachu- setts Port Authority's trade de- velopment office in New York, ac- cording to Thomas T. Soules, port director in Boston.

Mr. Higgins has served as re- gional marketing manager for Sea- train Lines and as sales manager for United States Lines.

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