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USMMA At Kings Point

To Admit Women

The Maritime Administration has stolen a march on the Army,

Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force and will open the ranks to women this fall at its Academy at Kings

Point, N.Y., it was recently an- nounced.

While it has opened the doors to women, some traditions will remain masculine: —• It will continue tohe "midship- men" and not "midship-person." — And in regulations providing for application for admission, the rules will continue to refer to can- didates as "he," "his" and "him."

The Maritime Administration also disclosed that it already has its first nominee for Commerce Secre- tary Frederick Dent to consider for the autumn class of some 200. She is Debrah Robb of Denver, Colo.

She was nominated by Representa- tive Patricia Schroeder (D.-Colo.).

More than one state maritime academy, 'notably California's, be- gan admitting women for the first time last September.

Appointments are made on the basis of vacancies allocated among the 50 states and Puerto Rico by their representation in Congress.

Aspirants from Guam, American

Samoa, Virgin Islands, Canal Zone, and District of Columbia are han- dled under special provisions of the law. Th-e working of the law pre- vents female Canal Zone residents from seeking entry, but the Mari- time Administration said it would seek amendment of the law to rem- edy that.

Agencies a diversified background in the container industry, having held positions of senior vice presi- dent, Zim Container Service; vice president, marketing and sales,

Dart Container Line, and various other positions with Grace Line and Belgium Line. Hn addition to his various shipping activities,

Mr. Driesen is also a lieutenant commander in the United States

Navy.

CTI Appoints Gutterson

VP, Pacific Region

CTI-Container Transport Inter- national, Inc., has appointed Fred- erick Gutterson to the newly cre- ated post of vice president, Pacific region.

Mr. Gutterson has served most recently as CTI's North Pacific area director, based in Japan. Pre- viously, Mr. Gutterson established the company's Tokyo office in 1971, negotiated the first long-term con- tainer lease with the Soviet Union in 1972, and opened the CTI Hong

Kong office in 1973.

Mr. Gutterson, a graduate of

Fordham University in New York

City (B.S. degree in economics), is now responsible for CTI's diverse operations throughout the Pacific.

He will oversee the company's operations in Tokyo, Hong Kong,

Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.

Atlantic Coast Names

Jeffrey M. Driesen

Senior Vice President

Jeffrey M. Driesen

Jon C. Pendleton, president, At- lantic Coast Agencies, Inc., has announced the appointment of Jeff- rey M. Driesen as senior vice presi- dent of Atlantic Coast Agencies.

Atlantic Coast Agencies are steamship general agents and oper- ators representing New England

Express Line to the Continent and

L. Figueiredo Navegacoa to the

Caribbean and South America. At- lantic Coast Agencies is also sales representative for Crusader Line

Services from the West Coast of the United States to New Zealand.

Mr. Driesen's responsibilities in- clude all facets of corporation de- velopment, administration and management.

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