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Astronaut Lovell Joins

Bay-Houston Towing

As Senior Exec. VP

The appointment of Astronaut

Capt. James A. Lovell as senior executive vice president of Bay-

Houston Towing Company, was announced by Cecil R. Haden, president. Captain Lovell assumed his new position March 1, 1973— following his retirement from the

United States Navy.

In his new position, Captain

Lovell will participate in overall operations of the diversified firm, which has interests in water trans- portation and harbor towing, min- ing, ranching and ecological prod- ucts. Previously elected to Bay-

Houston's board of directors, he will also serve as a member of

Bay-Houston's executive operating committees, reporting directly to

Cecil Haden, chief executive officer.

Other officers involved in the ma- rine operations of Bay-Houston in- clude W.D. Haden II, chairman of the board, R.J. Wales, vice chair- man of the board, John. C. Master- son Jr., executive vice president, and Walter J. Fernandez, vice president.

Mr. Haden noted that Captain

Lovell's joining the Houston-based organization reflected "continuing momentum in our diversification program."

Captain Lovell is now complet- ing his 21st year of commissioned service in the Navy, and is Deputy

Director-Science and Applications for the NASA space program.

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Capt. James A. Lovell

A 1952 graduate of the United

States Naval Academy, he has also attended the Harvard University

Advanced Management Program.

Captain Lovell presently holds the record for time in space with a total of 715 hours and 5 minutes.

He has served in the space program since 1962, and has been active in both the Gemini flights and the re- cently completed Apollo series.

He holds innumerable medals and awards, including two Navy

Distinguished Flying Crosses, as well as the Legion of Honor from

France.

Bay-Houston Towing Company and its predecessors have been en- gaged in the water transportation and harbor towing business since the middle 1880s. Owned by Cecil

R. Haden and his family, it is pres- ently one of the largest harbor and coastwise towing companies on the

Texas Gulf Coast.

Bay-Houston was formed in 1948 by the merger of two Haden-owned companies, Bay Towing Company and Houston Towing Co.

With offices in Houston, Galves- ton, Corpus Christi and Freeport,

Texas, agent representatives are lo- cated in all major shipping centers in the world.

Carrying on in the tradition of his father and grandfather, W.D.

Haden II is a member of the board of commissioners of the Houston

Port Authority, and was honored in 1970 by being appointed honor- ary Consul of Norway.

ACL Appoints Stoddart

Market Research Mgr.

Jeffrey Stoddart has been named manager Of market research in New

York for Atlantic Container Line,

U.S., it has been announced by

O.I.M. Porton, president.

Mr. Stoddart was assistant mar- keting manager in New York be- fore his current appointment. He joined ACL in 1969 as an adminis- trative assistant to the traffic and operating director of Atlantic Con- tainer Line Services, Southampton,

England. After service with the marketing department of ACLS, he was transferred to New York. Be- tween 1959 and 1967, Mr. Stoddart was associated with Cunard Line. 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News