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AWO Elects Geary

Chairman Of Board —Directors Named

John D. Geary, president, Mid- land Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati,

Ohio, was elected chairman of the board of The American Water- ways Operators, Inc. (AWO), at the recent annual meeting of directors of the Association in

Washington, D.C.

James R. Smith, former As- sistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Power Resources, was reelected to his fourth an- nual term as president of the

Association.

William E. Cleary was elected to his 21st annual term as secre- tary-treasurer.

AWO is the national associa- tion of the barge and towing industry, inland and coastwise, and the shipyards engaged in constructing and repairing this growing fleet. Headquarters of the Association are located in

Arlington, Va., and field offices in

New York City and New Orleans,

La. Mr. Cleary operates the Asso- ciation's North Atlantic regional office in New York City.

Mr. Geary succeeds Louis P.

Struble Jr., Group vice president,

Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

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I Services & Supplies Co., W.L.L.

Pa., who served as AWO board chairman for the past year and will continue to serve as a direc- tor-at-large for the next year.

John D. Geary

The new chairman of the board,

Mr. Geary, joined Eastern Gas and

Fuel Associates, Boston, Mass., parent company of Midland En- terprises, Inc., in 1952, after hav- ing served as a licensed deck officer and harbor pilot onboard various ships of the American

Export and Wilson Lines.

He is now senior vice president, marine, of Eastern Gas and Fuel

Associates, and a member of their board of trustees, as well as presi- dent of The Ohio River Company.

Mr. Geary graduated from the

Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1947. He holds a B.S. degree in business administration from

Boston University, 1952, and an

M.B.A. degree from Harvard

Graduate School of Business Ad- ministration in 1953.

He is a member of the board of directors of AWO, a member of the executive committee of the

Water Transport Association, a director of the National Water- ways Conference, and a member of the Towing Industry Advisory

Committee to the United States

Coast Guard. He also holds mem- bership in the National Propeller

Club, and is a trustee of The Ohio

Valley Improvement Association.

The following new directors of

AWO took office at the annual board meeting: William A. Creel- man, president, Transport Divi- sion, National Marine Service,

Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo.; John

W. Lambert, president, Twin City

Barge & Towing Company, St.

Paul, Minn.; Jerry L. Page, presi- dent, Crounse Corporation, Pad- ucah, Ky.; Robert E. Scatterday, president, Campbell Barge Line,

Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.; David T.

Sheehy, president, M/G Trans- port Services, Inc., Cincinnati,

Ohio; R.S. Byers, vice president,

The Ingalls Iron Works Company,

Decatur, Ala.; John M. Donnelly, president, Ingram Barge Com- pany, New Orleans, La.; Jesse

B. Gunstream Jr., Slade, Inc.,

Orange, Texas; William C. Mc-

Neal, Mid-South Towing Com- pany, Tampa, Fla.; W.M. Molloy

Jr., manager, Marine Operations

Department, Shell Oil Company,

Panama City, Fla.; R.W. Sander- son, Pascagoula Refinery, Stand- ard Oil Company, Pascagoula,

Miss.; Harold G. Williams, presi- dent, Gulf Atlantic Transport

Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla.;

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