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General Dynamics'

Electric Boat Division

Appoints M.C. Curtis

M.C. Curb's

M.C. (Mel) Curtis has been ap- pointed deputy general manager of

General Dynamics' Electric Boat

Division, -Groton, Conn., Joseph D.

Pierce, vice president of General

Dynamics and general manager of the division, has announced.

Mr. Curtis has been, at different times, vice president and general manager of the Fort Worth, Tex- as, and San Diego, Calif., opera- tions of the company's Convair

Aerospace Division and has held the top manufacturing position at

Canadair Limited, General Dy- namics' Canadian subsidiary. "We are confident that Mr.

Curtis's extensive experiences in the production of highly technical products will contribute greatly to the performance and growth of the

Electric Boat Division," Mr. Pierce said. "His proven management abilities will greatly enhance our management team."

When named to the Electric

Boat position, Mr. Curtis was vice president and general manager at the San Diego operation of Con- vair, where the company produces

DC-10 fuselages under subcontract to McDonnell Douglas Corp., and

Atlas and Centaur space boosters for the Air Force and NASA.

Mr. Curtis became vice president and general manager at San Diego in April 1971, after serving as gen- eral manager at Fort Worth, where he had also been vice president, op- erations, and responsible for manu- facture of the F-lll aircraft.

Following graduation from

Northern Illinois College, Mr. Cur- tis joined the company as an en- gineer in 1951 at San Diego. In 1961, he became director of engi- neering at Convair, and two years later was transferred to the cor- porate office as director of program analysis and evaluation.

In 1965, Mr. Curtis was named vice president, operations, at Can- adair and in 1967, was made a vice president a't Fort Worth.

Boise-Griffin Names 3

To Operations Posts

Boise-Griffin Steamship Co., Inc.,

New York, N.Y., has announced the' appointment of Dennis J. Bren- nan as manager of the operations department.

In addition, John A. Griffin and

Alan T. Hicks have been appoint- ed assistant operations managers.

Samson Cordage Buys

Ocean Systems, Inc.

Union Carbide Corporation and

The Singer Company recently an- nounced that they had sold their interests in Ocean Systems, Inc., to Samson Cordage Works of Bos- ton.

Organized in 1965, Ocean Sys- tems was owned approximately 72 percent by Union Carbide and 28 percent by Singer. Ocean Systems provides worldwide commercial diving services to the offshore pe- troleum industry, marine surveying expertise, and the design and de- velopment of marine - oriented equipment, such as oil containment, collection systems, and mooring winches. The firm is headquartered in Reston, Va., and has facilities in

Louisiana, Texas, California, Aus- tralia, England, and Norway. 'Samson Cordage Works, estab- lished in 1884, is a leading manu- facturer of cordage and related ma- rine hardware. Charles H. Abbott, president, indicated that in acquir- ing 100 percent ownership, he plans no changes in the existing Ocean

Systems organization.

Furthermore, Mr. Abbott indi- cated that the acquisition of Ocean

Systems was designed to provide a larger, more diversified service and product line in the important ex- panding field of offshore explora- tion, engineering, and general ma- rine activity.

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