C.F. Bean Corporation Names John Lescroart Executive Vice President

John E. Lescroart, former Federal Administrator of the Deep Water Port Act of 1974, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of C.F.

Bean Corporation, New Orleans, La.

Mr. Lescroart, promoted from vice president of Bean's Washington, D.C., office, will relocate to Bean's New Orleans office and will be responsible for the company's worldwide operations, according to Bean president J.W. Bean.

As Federal Administrator of the Deep Water Port Act, before joining Bean, Mr. Lescroart was responsible for overseeing issuance of a federal license to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) and reported directly to Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman Jr. LOOP will be the country's first deepwater offshore oil terminal capable of handling supertankers.

In all, Mr. Lescroart has 30 years' experience in the dredging industry and related businesses.

He served as president of the Atlantic Gulf, and Pacific Company from 1971 until 1975, when he entered government service.

C.F. Bean Corporation is an international dredging and marine construction company with headquarters in New Orleans. It operates on the West, East, and Gulf Coasts of the United States and internationally has worked in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East.

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