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Oglebay Norton Company

Elects Thompson And Benson

Oglebay Norton Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has announced the election of Renold D.

Thompson and Keith S. Benson as executive vice presidents of the company, effective Aug- ust IS, 1973.

Mr. Thompson becomes executive vice presi- dent-operations and assumes responsibility for the direction of all the company's operations and services. Mr. Benson as executive vice president-administration and finance will be responsible for the direction of the adminis- trative, legal, financial and corporate activities, including the development of new business ventures.

In announcing the election of the two new executive officers, Courtney Burton, chairman of the board, and John J. Dwyer, president of the company, stated: "We believe this major realignment in our management group will not only strengthen our company in its com- petitive position, but will also allow the presi- dent and other senior executives of our com- pany to devote greater attention to long-range planning and future growth by the utilization of the company's total assets. "Mr. Thompson has held top management responsibilities in several divisions of the com- pany and is presently in charge of its iron ore and vessel operations. Under the new arrange- ment, he will now have all operating units and subsidiaries of the company reporting to him. "The election of Mr. Benson, who was for- merly chairman and chief executive officer of

Pickands, Mather & Company, brings into our management an exceptionally qualified senior executive with considerable background and experience in our lines of business 'and in the development and implementation of expansion and financial programs for the procurement and transportation of raw materials."

Oglebay Norton Company and its subsid- iaries are engaged in the mining, sale and transportation of iron ore, coal and other min- erals, the operation of a diversified fleet of

Great Lakes vessels and general cargo docks on the Great Lakes, and the manufacture and sale of hot tops and related items used in the pouring of steel ingots.

Second Intersociety Conference

On Transportation To Be Held

In Denver, September 24-27

Two hundred technical papers will be pre- sented at the second Intersociety Conference on Transportation, September 24-27, 1973, at the Brown Palace Hotel. Denver, Colo.

Some 40 technical sessions will serve as platforms for transportation experts represent- ing Government and industry, both domestic and foreign, to air their views. Technical scope is broad, with presentations relative to every phase otf the transportation industry. This is largely due to the multi-society sponsorship— the first time a transportation conference has had such intersociety participation.

Sponsoring societies of this conference are

The American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers, /American Economic Association, Ameri- can Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

American Institute of Industrial Engineers,

Inc., The Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers, Inc., The Engineering Institute of Canada, The Institute of Management Sci- ences, Operation Research Society of America,

Society of Automotive Engineers, and The

Society of Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers.

Items of particular interest to people in the marine industry include: 1. A panel discussion entitled "Environ- mental Protection and Tanker Design." This will be chaired by Phillip Eisenberg, presi- dent of The Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, assisted by Rear Adm.

William M. Benkert, Chief, Office of Environ- ment and Systems, USCG. A broad participa- tion by representatives of industry and Gov- ernment is planned, and coming shortly before the next meeting of IMCO, this event is ex- pected to attract wide interest. 2. At one of two sessions devoted to the state-of-the-art in the major transportation modes, Thomas Pross of the Maritime Admin- istration will give a comprehensive review of current developments in marine transportation. 3. A paper by Joseph Porricelli and Virgil

Keith, entitled "Tankers and the U.S. Energy

Situation—an Economic and Environmental

Analysis." This will be part of a special ses- sion on environment and energy. 4. "Hovercraft Technology" will be covered in a paper to be presented by John Chaplin, director of engineering for Bell-Aerospace, in a session devoted to advanced technology,

For further information and Copy of pro- gram, contact Ms. Marion Churchill, Mana- ger, Conferences and Divisions, ASME, 345

East 47th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017, tele- phone : (212) 752-6800, Ext. 226.

HOSE McCANIM TELEPHONE COJNC. "PIONEERING MARINE PRODUCTS FOR OVER 35 YEARS"

Pioneers and originators of marine sound powered tele- phones over thirty-five years ago, Hose-McCann is re- garded today as the finest name in I.C. equipment, offering a wide variety of marine products, some of which are listed and illustrated below.

Every Hose-McCann product is precision engineered and manufactured to provide many years of dependable, trouble-free operation. The name Hose-McCann as always, stands for reliability, integrity and the highest standard of quality.

GENERAL ANNOUNCING AND

DOCKING LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS 1 . 1 t i ) 1 1 5 ; mv . _ : mm :zzi* iSSEr?; fjgtz j? tymm'M

J; I .. • 8 mm. "T "~~T v*. JM L j

MARINE AUTOMATIC

DIAL SWITCHBOARDS & TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS

STEERING STANDS

FIRE AND GENERAL

ALARM PANELS

WATCH CALL SYSTEMS AND

ASSOCIATED ROOM UNITS

SOUND POWERED

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS

RUDDER ANGLE INDICATOR SYSTEMS

OTHER HOSE-McCANN PRODUCTS: • Navy and Commercial Sound Powered Telephone Systems and Accessories • Navi- gation Light Panels • Engineer's Signal and Alarm Panels • Annunciator and Control Panels • Power Failure Alarm

Panels • Bells and Contact Makers • Automation Equipment • Dumbwaiter Communication Systems

For further information and specifications on any of the above products, write to:

HOSE McCAIMN TELEPHONE CO., INC. 524 WEST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. 1 OO 1 1

TEL. (212) 989-7920 (CABLE) CYBERNETIC NEWY0RK gCSB "Oriqinators and Pioneers of Marine Sound Powered Telephones"

Renold D. Thompson Keith S. Benson

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