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Six Appointments To

Management Posts At

Beth-Beaumont Yard

The appointments of Paul W.

Pritchard Jr., Milton H. Leubeck- er, Reynold R. Kraft, William T.

Faucett, Herman H. Haferkamp, and James M. Heller Jr. to man- agement positions in Bethlehem

Steel Corporation's Beaumont,

Texas, shipyard were announced by Ralph A. Leaf, general mana- ger.

Mr. Pritchard is appointed as- sistant general manager-engineer- ing and controls, Mr. Leubecker is named assistant general manager- production, Mr. Kraft becomes su- perintendent of engineering, Mr.

Faucett becomes administrative assistant to the general manager,

Mr. Haferkamp is assistant general superintendent, and Mr. Heller is assistant foreman of the hull de- partment.

Mr. Pritchard is advancing from assistant to general manager at the shipyard. He will have responsi- bility for planning, engineering, estimating and cost analysis.

Born in Chester, Pa., he was graduated from Duke University in 1955 with a degree in mechanical engineering and joined Bethlehem

Steel as a member of that year's management training program.

From 1955 to 1963, Mr. Pritch- ard worked as an engineer at the corporation's plant in Bethlehem,

Pa. He was then assigned to the home office steel operations depart- ment's planning and coordination work for the new plant at Burns

Harbor, Ind. In 1967, he was trans- ferred to the engineering depart- ment at the home office.

Mr. Pritchard joined the Beau- mont shipyard in April 1971 as the plant engineer. Later that year, he became project manager work- ing in contract management, and became assistant to the general manager in September 1973.

Mr. Leubecker is coming to the

Beaumont facility from Bethlehem

Steel's Baltimore (Md.) yard's, where he has been serving as as- sistant general superintendent.

In his new position at Beau- mont, he will be responsible for production, material, transporta- tion and plant facilities.

A native of Baltimore, Mr. Leu- becker first joined the Baltimore yards in 1948. In 1960, he was transferred to the corporation's for- mer yard at Quincy, Mass., and re- turned to the Baltimore yards in 1964 as a ship superintendent. He became assistant general super- intendent in November 1967.

Mr. Leubecker was graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management.

Born in Oak Park, 111., Mr. Kraft was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 with a bache- lor's degree in naval architecture and marine engineering, and he earned a master's degree in marine engineeringfrom the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology in 1948.

He began work in the shipbuild- ing and ship repair field in 1949 and joined the Bethlehem-Beau- mont facility in July 1973 as chief production engineer.

As superintendent of engineer- ing, Mr. Kraft will be responsible for naval architecture, design en- gineering and production engineer- ing.

Mr. Kraft is a registered profes- sional engineer in Texas and is a member of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers.

As administrative assistant to the general manager, Mr. Faucett will have responsibility for manage- ment development, data processing, public relations, community affairs, and special assignments.

A native of Beaumont, he began work in the shipbuilding business in 1940. He attended Lamar Uni- versity and joined the Beaumont shipyard as a senior draftsman in

June 1947. About a year later, he was transferred to the estimating department, and he became chief estimator in 1960.

Mr. Faucett was promoted to as- sistant to the general manager in

January 1971 and became assistant general manager in September 1973.

He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers and the American Man- agement Association.

Born in Germany, Mr. Hafer- kamp began employment with

Bethlehem Steel at its San Francis- co yard in 1960. After working for a period of almost two years with

ODECO, a company with offshore oil drilling interests, he rejoined the

Bethlehem organization at Beau- mont in April of this year.

Mr. Haferkamp's responsibilities are in the general area of hull con- struction.

A native of Bethlehem, Pa., Mr.

Heller was graduated from Mora- vian College in 1965 with a Bache- lor of Science degree. He joined

Bethlehem Steel in 1969 as a mem- ber of that year's management training program and was assigned to the corporation's Baltimore yards. He held various positions there until his transfer to the Beau- mont yard.

MarAd Eastern Region

Names M.J. Chapman

The Maritime Administration

Eastern Region has appointed

M.J. Chapman a Trade Specialist in the Office of Market Develop- ment, New York City.

Mr. Chapman will work very closely with all segments of the maritime industry to aid in the expansion of their marketing pro- grams, and to create a responsive awareness to this constantly chang- ing industry.

Formerly employed by Seatrain in various marketing positions, the last of which was administrative assistant to the marketing vice president, he received his master's degree in marketing from Fair- leigh Dickinson University. Mr.

Chapman is presently teaching "Economics of Transportation" in the Rutgers University evening program.

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