Toutant And LaGrange Named Vice Presidents At Jeffboat, Inc.
William T. Toutant and Wayne P. La- Grange have been elected vice presidents of Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind.
Mr. Toutant, who has served as director of engineering for the inland shipbuilding firm for the past two years, now will be vice president in charge of the company's engineering activities. Mr. LaGrange, who has been director of production since March of last year, will be vice president in charge of production at Jeffboat.
Jeffboat, which operates the nation's largest inland shipyard on the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, is a part of the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation.
A former officer in the U.S. Navy and a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Mr. Toutant joined Jeffboat in 1959 as a naval architect. He became chief engineer in 1966, served as director of research and engineering for American Commercial Barge Line Company from 1972 to 1975, and then returned to Jeffboat as director of engineering.
Mr. Toutant holds a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master's degree in mechanical engineering (MME) from Syracuse University, and a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from the University of Louisville.
He also served as instructor at Syracuse University and the U.S. Naval Academy.
A native of Auburn, N.Y., Mr. Toutant is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, The Propeller Club of the United States, and the Marine Chemists' Association. He is also a registered professional engineer and a certified marine chemist.
Mr. LaGrange's service with Jeffboat dates back to August 20, 1962, when he joined the firm as a steelfitter. He advanced to the position of foreman in 1968, became a production analyst in 1970, and was named line superintendent in 1971. A year later, he became yard production manager, and on March 1, 1976, he was named director of production.
A native of St. Croix, Ind., Mr. LaGrange is currently enrolled in the business administration program at Indiana University Southeast at New Albany, Ind. His educational background also includes attendance at Western Kentucky University, and the completion of special instruction in diesel mechanics and advanced blueprint reading.
Mr. LaGrange is a member of The Propeller Club of the United States, the American Welding Society, and the Knights of Columbus. He also is active in Little League baseball.
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- Zapper, Inc. Applies For Title XI To Build $9-Million Barge Carrier page: 6
- New Development Team For Ocean Liners page: 6
- Fred S. Sherman Elected AIMS Board Chairman page: 7
- McAllister Expands Container Feeder Service With $2-Million 300-Foot Ocean Deck Barge page: 11
- Equitable Sends Two 95-Foot Tugs To Indonesia On Deck Of Lykes Ship Via Cape Of Good Hope page: 11
- North America-Mideast Trade To Get Largest Ro/Ro Ships In New Seaspeed Service This Month page: 14
- Offshore Technology Conference Technical Session Timetable page: 14
- Prudential, Stanwick Develop Shipboard Maintenance System page: 19
- Dravo SteelShip Delivers Towboat With Elevating Pilothouse To International Paper page: 22
- Dr. Anderson Describes Construction Of Offshore Concrete Facility To SNAME Los Angeles Section page: 22
- Hyundai Mipo Commissions Two Additional Graving Docks For Large Vessel Repairs page: 25
- Pacific Northwest Section Presents Two Papers And Tour Of Vessels page: 25
- Water Lubricated Rubber Bearings Subject Of SNAME San Diego Meeting page: 26
- Alaska Asks For Bids To Stretchout And Modify The M / V Matanuska page: 26
- Dravo Corp. Names Greene And Jelic page: 27
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- Mobile, Bottom Supported Drilling And Production Platform page: 33
- Bourg Dry Dock & Service Appoints Two Executives page: 34
- Toutant And LaGrange Named Vice Presidents At Jeffboat, Inc. page: 35
- Raytheon Company Introduces A Dual-Axis Doppler Speed Log page: 38
- Number Of Vessels Classed By ABS Increased In 1976 page: 40
- Pacific Towboat Names Four To Executive Posts page: 41
- Santa Fe Affiliate Receives $40-Million Saudi Arabian Contract page: 43
- Shipbuilders Council Elects New Board page: 43
- Astilleros Espanoles Names Wesley Wheeler Exclusive U.S.A. Rep page: 44
- Farrell Lines Inc. Names Captain Moore page: 44
- Philadelphia ASNE And SNAME Sections Hear Presentation On The Arapho Concept page: 45
- Henschel Corp. Offers Literature On New Digital Shaft RPM Indicators page: 46
- Dillingham Ship Repair Names Charles Carter And Cliff Pritchard page: 46
- Crowley Assigns Ducich To Caribbean Division page: 48
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- Schedule Announced For ASNE Day May 5-6 page: 50
- New Barge Company Formed To Serve Alaska page: 51
- Gulf Mississippi Marine Signs For Three Vessels From George Engine page: 52
- NSF Certifies Demco Aeration Type Packaged Sewage Treatment page: 52
- ABS Elects Eleven New Members —Five New Managers page: 54
- R.L. Fagan Rejoins Stanwick Corporation page: 54
- MarAd Releases Study On Great Lakes Shipping page: 55
- K.E. Sheehan Elected Vice President Of ABS page: 56
- Kawasaki/Philippines Form Company To Build Large Ship Repair Yard page: 57
- Ship Stern Study Released By MarAd page: 57
- Maryland Port Adm. Moves To Baltimore World Trade Center page: 58
- ICHCA Elects Farrell President U.S. Committee page: 58
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