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Warren Rhoades Named

Marchem General Manager

Robert A. Hansen, president of

Marchem Products Co., announced the appointment of Warren A.

Rhoades as vice president and general manager.

Mr. Rhoades was formerly chief engineer of the Engine and Com- pressor Division of Transamerica

Delaval Inc. In 1975, he was voted ASME's "Engineer-of-the-

Year" for his work in reciprocat- ing engines and compressors.

A manufacturer of film-lubri- cated bearings and labyrinth seals,

Marchem Products Co. (formerly

Marchem Resources Incorporated) was acquired by Teton Inc. in 1979.

Wendt Named President

Of Sperry Division

Robert L. Wendt has been named president of the Sperry

Division of Sperry Corporation.

Mr. Wendt will succeed Salvatore

A. Conigliaro as head of the Great

Neck, N.Y.-based division.

Mr. Conigliaro will take a leave of absence for six months, and will return to the newly created post of chairman of the division.

Robert L. Wendt

Prior to Mr. Wendt's appoint- ment as president, he was vice president and general manager of the division's Gyroscope unit, which is primarily involved in the design, manufacture and support of radar systems, sonar systems, radio and inertial navigation sys- tems and military test equipment.

Mr. Wendt had served in that po- sition since 1975.

From 1971 to 1975, he headed the division's Systems Manage- ment unit. Systems Management's programs include the design and management of the Polaris/

Poseidon submarine navigation subsystem, ocean and military system design and management, and civil and industrial systems design.

Mr. Wendt joined Sperry in 1 QdO fnllmxrinrr Vtic (rrnrliiafinn member of the Navy League, he is also a member of the Institute of Navigation, the American So- ciety of Naval Engineers(ASNE), and the Society of Harvard Engi- neers and Scientists.

He has served on the U.S.

Department of Defense Science

Board panel on strategic weapons accuracy, and on the U.S. Navy

Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons

Systems Steering Task Group.

Canal Barge Co. Granted

Title XI For One Towboat

Costing $2.2 Million

Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Maritime Affairs Sam- uel B. Nemirow, Maritime Ad- ministration, has approved in principle an application from

Canal Barge Company, Inc., New

Orleans, La., for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of one 4,200-horsepower towboat.

The 140-foot (42-meter) vessel is scheduled to be delivered by

Superior Boat Works, Greenville,

Miss., in March 1980. The esti- mated actual cost is $2,263,400, with the guarantee to be for 75 percent of that amount ($1,697,- 000).

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N.Y. Marine Society

Annual Set For April 14 —M. Lee Rice To Speak

The 210th Annual Dinner of The Marine

Society of the City of New York will be held on Monday, April 14, 1980, at the

Plaza Hotel in New York City. M. Lee Rice, president and chief executive officer of Ogden

Transportation Corporation, Inc., will be the honored guest and speaker. Reservations for

Sayville Ferry Service

Adds New Vessel To Fleet ert E. Derecktor at Mamaroneck, N.Y., was placed into service on the company's Say- ville, N.Y., to Fire Island run immediately upon delivery.

Designed by John K. Roper Associates,

Inc. of Hancock, N.H., the Clipper is par- ticularly well-suited to her environment. She is powered by three Detroit Diesel 12V71 naturally aspirated engines and will carry up to 344 passengers at speeds in excess of 20 mph in less than 4 feet of water. To do fViJo j > • '