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George H. Shaver

Appointed President

Shaver Transportation

George H. Shaver

The directors of Shaver Trans- portation Company have announc- ed the appointment of George H.

Shaver as president. Mr. Shaver replaces Capt. Homer T. Shaver, who has assumed the duties of chairman of the board.

Prior to his appointment as presi- dent, Mr. Shaver was executive vice president of Shaver Transpor- tation Company. He has served in the marine transportation company with Shaver and its affiliates since 1948. He is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Washington, majoring in transportation.

Mr. Shaver is a past president of The Portland Propeller Club,

Portland Merchants Exchange and the Columbia River Towboat As- sociation, and is active in other business and community oriented organizations. He has served as a national vice president of The Pro- peller Club of the United States and is currently the West Coast vice president of the American

Waterways Operators.

Shaver Transportation, the West

Coast's oldest towboat firm, is a diversified river, coastal and deep- sea company specializing in tug and barge operations in the Pacific region. The company is headquar- tered in Portland, Ore.

DESCO Announces

Three Appointments

DESCO Marine, St. Augustine,

Fla., a subsidiary of W'hittaker

Corp., has announced the appoint- ments of Richard H. Bennett as

DESCO Marine Division president and general manager, Robert D.

Crane as Material Control manag- er, and Jack B. Butler as Division controller.

Mr. Bennett was formerly vice president of Kiekhaefer Aeroma- rine Motors, Inc., Fond du Lac,

Wis. Previously, he was general manager of the Fisher-Pierce Com- pany, Inc., builders of Boston

Whaler boats; and before that, he was vice president of operations for Head Ski Company, Inc. For the previous 20 years, he was with the Brunswick Corporation, start- ing as an industrial engineer and ending as president of Owens

Yacht Division.

Mr. Bennett is a graduate of

Northeastern University in elec- trical engineering and has a mas- ter's degree from Massachusetts

Institute of Technology in busi- ness and engineering administra- tion.

Mr. Crane joined DESCO from

North American Rockwell, Pitts- burgh, where he was director of special purchasing. He was former- ly vice president of Purchasing and

Traffic for North American Rock- well's Commercial Products Group, and director of material for Dres- ser Industries' Pacific Pump Divi- sion. He is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Butler has moved from Whit- taker's corporate office, where he was Special Projects Audit man- ager. Before joining Whittaker, he was cost accounting manager for

Hoffman Electronics in California.

He is a graduate of Dyke College, with advanced studies at Fenn Col- lege and UCLA.

Matson Appoints

Anthony D. Haydon

Matson Navigation Company,

San Francisco, Calif., has appoint- ed Anthony D. Haydon regional manager, marine operations for

Southern California.

Mr. Haydon has been assistant regional manager, marine opera- tions in Honolulu since he joined

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