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Dixie Dredge Names

Jack Dunn President

The Dixie Dredge Corporation,

St. Louis, Mo. 63111, has an- nounced a major management re- organization which has been in the planning process for the past nine months.

Jack T. Dunn, who was appoint- ed chief executive officer of Dixie

Dredge in August 1972 with the title of executive vice president, has been given the new title of president of Dixie Dredge Corpora- tion, and has been appointed vice president of St. Louis Ship of which

Dixie is a division, according to

Edward Renshaw, president of St.

Louis Ship.

Mr. Dunn has been with Dixie

Dredge since 1971, when he was appointed vice president in charge of operations. Prior to joining

Dixie, Mr. Dunn was wi'th the

Nashville Bridge Company as sales manager of its Dredge Division, and as manager of Information

Systems. Earlier, he had been chief engineer for American Marine &

Machine Company of Nashville,

Tenn.

Prior to joining AMMCO in

Nashville, he was an aircraft struc- tural analyst for Avco Corporation in Nashville, and in Huntsville,

Ala. Mr. Dunn holds a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Vanderbilt University.

Dixie's parent company, St. Louis

Ship, is a division of Pott. Indus- tries, Inc., a $ 100-mi lli on corpora- tion, the bulk of whose business-is- centered around the maritime- in-r dustry. Its acquisition of Dixie

Dredge Corporation in 1969 is a perfect complement to its other companies devoted to shipbuilding, barge construction, barge lines, and other marine services. "Pott Industries is delighted with the progress that Dixie Dredge has made since we purchased it in 1969," according to Mr. Renshaw, vice president of Pott Industries and president of St. Louis Ship "Dixie's sales have increased sub- stantially since it became a part of our company, and we look for- ward to many years of successful and profitable operation as part of our group of companies devoted to the marine industry."

The main plant in St. Louis ad- joins St. Louis Ship's primary ship- yard. S't. Louis Ship is one of

America's largest inland shipbuild- ing and repair firms, operating a total of three shipyards at different locations.

Dixie Dredge Corporation oper- ates an additional sales office and plant in Miami, Fla., to service the heavy dredging needs in the South- eastern portion of the United

States, and Latin America. Dixie dredges are sold throughout the world.

Quentin Wald Joins

Aerojet SES Division

Quentin Wald, hydrodynamics specialist, has joined Aerojet Sur- face Effect Ships Division, Tacoma,

Wash.

During the past 13 years, Mr.

Wald has contributed to design and construction of a variety of marine vehicles, including subma- rines, surface effect ships and air cushion vehicles. Before coming to

Aerojet, he was chief hydrody- namicist at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton,

Conn., for 11 years.

Mr. Wald has published four technical papers on hydrodynamics and three on marine propulsion, and currently has a patent pending on a ship control device.

A graduate of Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, Mr. Wald received a B.S. degree there in 1948.

He also earned an advanced degree at M.I.T. in 1960.

The SES Division designs, de- velops and builds advanced seago- ing and amphibious naval vessels for travel on a cushion of air at far higher speeds than ships of con- ventional design can attain.

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