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Ryan-Walsh Appoints

Three Corporate Officers

Recent board action of Ryan-

Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc.,

Mobile, Ala., elevated three man- agement employees to corporate officers.

Billy W. Parks was named vice president-engineering, and Ross

K. Drake and Bernard H. Greene

Jr. were named assistant vice presidents.

Mr. Parks joined Ryan-Walsh in 1979 as corporate equipment manager, coming from a marine construction career beginning in 1955, and including posts as vice president and general manager of Galveston Shipbuilding Com- pany; project engineer for off- shore construction and shipyard estimator for J. Ray McDermott,

Inc. of New Orleans; and man- ager, engineering and mainte- nance for RadclifT Materials, Inc. of Mobile.

Mr. Parks holds a B.S. degree from Auburn University in civil engineering.

Mr. Drake came to Ryan-

Walsh's subsidiary Southern

Steamship Agency, Inc. from the

U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Com- mand, Vietnam, in 1973, and was

Collision Avoidance Simplified.

CAS II. Compact. Automatic. Simple.

Sperry's new CAS II™collision avoidance system — its computerization provides its simplicity.

Microprocessors control all CASH functions.

Uncomplicated, push-Putton operation contin- uously supplies all the vital information needed for safe navigation. And Puilt-in self-test equipment precisely identifies any deviation from normal operation.

CASH reduces the critical time required for maneuvering decisions Pecause Sperry's patented

PAD™(Predicted Areas of Danger) display shows a constant, fade-free assessment of potential hazards, even in strong daylight. You are always aware of important data such as own-ship speed and heading as well as target-ship range, bearing, speed, course, closest point of approach, and time to closest point of approach.

CAS II reduces trouPleshooting and service time through its self-test capability and interchange- able modular circuit boards. The system conforms to the specifications of IMCO (ARPA), MARAD,

U.S. Coast Guard and other international organiz- ations. And the surprisingly low cost of CAS II is one more significant advantage over other systems.

The Sperry CAS II. Collision avoidance simplified.

For further information, see your Marine

Systems representative, or call or write:

Sperry Division Headquarters, Marine Systems,

Great Neck, New York 11020. (516) 574-2183.

SPERRY transferred to the parent com- pany in 1976 as ship superintend- ent trainee and then administra- tive assistant. He is a graduate of the University of South Ala- bama (B.S. degree in history), and holds the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Mr. Greene, coming to the as- sistant vice presidency as an op- erational assistant, has a water- front background with Ryan-

Walsh beginning in 1969, and in- cluding the position of ship su- perintendent.

He is a 1967 graduate of

Murphy High School and attend- ed the University of South Ala- bama.

Scott Dowdell Is Named

Director Of Manufacturing

Services At Jeffboat

Scott Dowdell has been named director of manufacturing serv- ices by Jeffboat Incorporated, one of America's largest inland ship- building companies.

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SPERRY IS A DIVISION OF SPERRY CORPORATION

Write 340 on Reader Service Card

Scott Dowdell

Mr. Dowdell started with Jeff- boat in September 1966 as a cost analyst. At various stages of his career he has held positions of surface preparation supervisor, surface preparation foreman, as- sistant superintendent of the plate shop, production scheduler, senior production analyst, senior planning analyst, scheduling man- ager, project coordinator and ma- terials manager. His new respon- sibilities will encompass data processing, industrial engineer- ing, material control, planning and scheduling, and purchasing.

Mr. Dowdell will report directly to Robert W. Greene, the presi- dent of Jeffboat.

Waterman Steamship

Appoints M.W. Schafer

Assistant VP Sales

Waterman Steamship Corpora- tion has announced the appoint- ment of Michael W. Schafer as assistant vice president sales with headquarters at 609 Fannin

Street, Houston, Texas. In his new capacity, Mr. Schafer will be responsible for Waterman sales activities in the states of Texas and Oklahoma. Prior to his ap- pointment, Mr. Schafer was em- ployed by Waterman as an ac- count executive in Houston. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the shipping busi- ness to his new position.

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