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Carroll Named Manager-

Manufacturing Projects

At Rockwell International

W.J. Carroll has been appointed manager - Manufacturing Pro j ects for Rockwell International's Flow

Control Division, Pittsburgh, Pa., reporting to R.A. Carlson, direc- tor-Manufacturing Operations. In this position, Mr. Carroll will be responsible for manufacturing projects, including capital expend- iture programs, cost improvement and capacity planning. Mr. Car- roll was previously assigned to

Rockwell International's Corpo- rate Office as a senior auditor.

Oceaneering International

Relocates Headquarters

To Houston, Texas

Oceaneering International, Inc., has announced the relocation of its worldwide corporate headquar- ters from Santa Barbara, Calif., to 10575 Katy Freeway, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77024; Tel- ephone (713) 461-4477; Telex 775181/OCEANEERING HOU.

One of Oceaneering's divisions,

Underwater Technology Services (UTS), will remain in its present

Santa Barbara facilities. Under- water Technology Services pro- vides logistic and technical serv- ices support to Oceaneering's op- erating personnel worldwide.

Wm. B. Morgan To Head

Ship Performance Dept.,

Taylor Research Center y \ jbr1

Dr. William B. Morgan

Dr. William B. Morgan, ship hydrodynamicist and internation- al authority on the theory and de- sign of all types of propellers, cavitation, and propeller noise, has been named Associate Tech- nical Director for Ship Perform- ance, and Head of the Ship Per- formance Department of the Da- vid W. Taylor Naval Ship R&D

Center (DTNSRDC), Bethesda,

Md.

Dr. Morgan has been with the

Center for 29 years, starting in 1951 as a hydraulic engineer in the Propeller Branch of the (then) David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB). He has served as Act- ing Head of the Ship Perform- ance Department since January 1979, following the retirement of

Dr. William Cummins.

He is a member of the Interna- tional Towing Tank Conference,

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers, The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers, and The American Society of Na- val Engineers.

Dr. Morgan has received nu- merous awards including the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy (US-

MMA) Award for Outstanding

Professional Achievement, and

USMMA Marine Man of the Year; the Navy Meritorius Civilian Serv- ice Award; the David Taylor

Award for Scientific Achieve- ment; the Navy Superior Civilian

Service Award; and Recognition of Achievement, Senior Executive

Award.

Dr. Morgan holds a B.S. degree in marine engineering, USMMA;

M.S. degree in hydraulic engi- neering, State University of Iowa, and Doctor of Engineering, Naval

Architecture degree, University of California, Berkeley. $80-Million Order To

GD For Trident Work

General Dynamics, Electric

Boat Division, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $80,000,000 cost- plus-fixed-fee contract for design agent services in support of Tri- dent follow ships (SSBN 727- 732). The Naval Sea Systems

Command is the contracting ac- tivity. (N00024-80-C-2075)

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