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Marcona Corp. Elects

Kenneth E. Merklin

Senior VP-Development

Kenneth E. Merklin has been elected senior vice president-de- velopment for Marcona Corpora- tion, according to an announce- ment by C.W. Robinson, presi- dent.

Mr Merklin has served as vice president-development of the San

Francisco-based resource develop- ment, shipping and mining firm since 1964. He joined the company in 1963 as general manager, proc- ess development, for its Peruvian subsidiary, Marcona Mining Com- pany.

Mr. Merklin's professional back- ground spans almost 30 years of engineering management responsi- bility, including positions as chief metallurgist for Pickands Mather & Co., Hibbing, Minn., engineer- ing sales manager for Western

Machinery Company, San Fran- cisco, and process development and materials inspection for the Boeing

Aircraft Company, Seattle. He earned a bachelor's degree in met- allurgy from the University of

Washington in 1944.

Under Mr. Merklin's direction,

Marcona's Development Division has expanded into a series of worldwide enterprises, and cur- rently includes four major depart- ments : plant engineering and con-

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Oglebay Norton Names

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Joseph B. Milgram Jr.

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Kings Point Receives

Grant From Texaco

The United States Merchant Ma- rine Academy has received an un- restricted grant of $6,000 from

Texaco, Inc., it was announced by

Milton G. Nottingham, president of the Kings Point Fund, Inc.

Augustus C. Long, Texaco's ex- ecutive committee chairman and chief executive officer, said the gift, which is payable in three an- nual $2,000 installments, was made "in recognition of the valuable contribution which your academy has made in its field of maritime education."

Mr. Nottingham, whose organi- zation solicits and administers funds to assist the Academy and its midshipmen in many areas of training not reached by Federal ap- propriations, welcomed Texaco's contribution and praised the com- pany for its recognition of indus- try's need for highly-skilled well- rounded nautical specialists.

A check for $2,000, representing the first installment of the grant, was recently presented to Capt.

Victor E. Tyson, assistant Acad- emy superintendent and a director of the Kings Point Fund, by James

Cole, an executive of Texaco's

United Kingdom office and an

Academy alumnus in the Class of 1943.

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