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Lufkin Industries Names

Two New Vice Presidents

Ben M. Queen

Lufkin Industries, Lufkin, Texas, has named

Fred D. Griffin, formerly chief engineer for

Lufkin, vice president and director of engi- neering, and Ben M. Queen, sales manager of Lufkin's Machinery Division, has been named vice president.

After graduating from the University of

Texas in 1942, with a B.S. degree in mechani- cal engineering, Mr. Griffin joined Lufkin In- dustries, Inc. in 1947 in the engineering de- partment. His career progressed from junior draftsman to design engineer, project engineer in 1952, chief engineer-oilfield in 1962, chief engineer in 1968, and to his present position of vice president and director of engineering.

Mr. Griffin is a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and the National

Society of Professional Engineers. In college, his honor societies included Tau Beta Pi, Pi

Tau Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma.

Mr. Queen graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S. degree in geology in 1950, and began his career with Lufkin In- dustries in 1958 as a sales representative in

Tulsa, Okla. He was then made district mana- ger in Tulsa, where he remained until he was moved to the home office in Lufkin in 1972 as assistant sales manager. After being pro- moted to acting sales manager in July of 1973,

Mr. Queen was made sales manager of the

Machinery Division in September of the same year, and has now ibeen promoted to vice president of sales, Machinery Division. He is a member of SPE of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engi- neers.

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