Union Mechling Corp. Elects Smail President —Mechling Chairman

F.A. Mechling has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Union Mechling Corporation, barge transportation subsidiary of Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Richard F. Smail was elected to succeed Mr. Mechling as president and chief executive officer of Union Mechling. Mr. Smail will continue in his post as group vice president, Equipment & Transportation, for Dravo.

Mr. Mechling came to Dravo in 1973 upon acquisition of A.L.

Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. and its merger with Dravo's former Union Barge Line subsidiary. He had been with the Mechling organization for 34 years, the last 18 as executive vice president. He became executive vice president of Union Mechling at its formation, and president in 1974.

Mr. Smail has been with Dravo since 1946, serving in a number of sales, engineering and management positions prior to being elected as a vice president in 1974 and a group vice president two years later. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of Case Institute of Technology.

Union Mechling is one of the nation's largest barge lines, furnishing common and contract towing service on the Mississippi River system and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

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