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Howard F. Casey Named

To Post At USMMA

Howard F. Casey has been ap- pointed Assistant Superintendent for Planning and Administration at the United States Merchant

Marine Academy, Kings Point,

N.Y.

Mr. Casey, who had served as

Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Maritime Affairs with the Maritime Administra- tion since July 1972, replaces

Leonard F. Nichols at Kings

Point. Mr. Nichols retired recent- ly after a distinguished career in government and the private ma- rine industry.

In his new post, Mr. Casey will be responsible for advanced plan- ning activities and will direct the departments of Budget and Ac- counts, Public Works, Adminis- trative Services, Waterfront Ac- tivities, and the Infirmary at the

Federal Academy. He also will as- sume some teaching assignments.

Mr. Casey joined the Maritime

Administration in Washington,

D.C. in 1969 as the Chief of the

Office of Subsidy Administration, and was subsequently promoted to the position of Assistant Ad- ministrator for Maritime Aids.

In both of these positions, he was deeply involved in administering the agency's financial assistance programs for the industry and its market development and mari- time training efforts. In recogni- tion of his distinguished leader- ship in administering a complex maritime program which involved financing, construction and opera- tion of U.S. merchant vessels, Mr.

Casey, in 1972, was presented with the Gold Medal, the Depart- ment of Commerce's highest award.

Howard F. Casey

At the Academy, which is un- der Maritime Administration con- trol, Mr. Casey will report directly to Rear Adm. Arthur B. Engel,

USCG (ret.), the Superintendent. "We are extremely fortunate," said Rear Adm. Engel, "to have a person of Howard Casey's high administrative ability assigned to

Kings Point. He is well-known both at the Academy and at head- quarters in Washington, and we are looking forward to working with him."

Prior to his government serv- ice, Mr. Casey worked in the comptroller's office of W.R. Grace & Co., where he was engaged in procedure analysis and systems design in the accounting and fi- nancial areas of the company.

From 1957 to 1968, he was em- ployed by Grace Line, Inc., for- merly a W.R. Grace & Company subsidiary. During his employ- ment with the steamship line, he rose through various positions in the finance and accounting de- partments to be appointed comp- troller in 1964, and treasurer in 1968.

Born in Boston, Mass., Mr.

Casey graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1939, and received a master's de- gree in business administration from Boston University in 1951.

He was awarded a gold medal by the Massachusetts Society of

Certified Public Accountants for achieving the highest score on the CPA examination in 1951.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1946 as a field ar- tillery officer in eight campaigns.

He was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Croix de

Guerre. In 1946, he was commis- sioned as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, and served as a field artillery battal- ion commander from 1947 to 1950.

From 1946 to 1952, early in his career, Mr. Casey held positions in accounting and auditing offices of the Veterans Administration and the General Accounting Office in Boston.

He is a former member of the

Association of Water Transporta- tion Accounting Officers, of which he served as executive vice presi- dent from 1965-66, and as presi- dent from 1966-67.

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