McDermott Unit Renamed —Earles And Foster Appointed Senior VPs
Robert E. Howson, president and chief operating officer of McDermott Marine Construction, recently announced a management realignment. The McDermott Operating Unit has been officially renamed McDermott Marine Construction. It employs 20,000 people in both foreign and domestic marine engineering and construction operations.
W.E. Earles has been named senior vice president and group executive, d o m e s t i c operations, Western Hemisphere. He will have responsibility for the Morgan City Structural Group, the Shipyard Group, and the Harvey Group, including projects in Central and South America. After joining the company in 1954, Mr.
Earles served in several administrative posts. In 1972, he became general manager of both the fabrication and offshore divisions, and was named vice president in 1972 and group vice president in 1974. Since February 1980, he has been senior vice president and group executive, North American Operations, Fabrication and Structural, Gulf of Mexico-USA.
l.R. Foster Jr. has been named senior vice president and group executive, marine engineering, with responsibilities for engineering organizations in New Orleans, Houston, Singapore, and London as well as the Equipment and Materials Group, and Canada. He joined McDermott in 1957 and became manager of offshore construction in 1965. In 1975, he was named vice president of Oceanic Contractors, Inc., and in 1978, group vice president and assistant to the president, McDermott Operating Unit. Since February 1980, Mr. Foster has been senior vice president and group executive, North, Central and South America areas.
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- MarAd Study Predicts Big Fuel Savings For Sail Assisted Ships page: 6
- Dr. P.W. Murrill Elected To Tidewater Board page: 7
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- Matson Orders Econics Fuel Optimizers—Reports 3.5% Savings In Fuel page: 8
- Sun Ship Jumboizing 'Lurline' Using Unique "Reverse Launch" page: 8
- Wronowski Fleet Adds First Boat With Cummins KTA-3067M Engines page: 10
- Promet Launches Offshore Supply Vessel For Jackson Marine page: 10
- Big IOT Petroleum Barge Launched At Galveston Shipbuilding page: 12
- SNAME Northern California Section Hears Paper On "Dejumboizing page: 12
- Mobil Orders Sperry Advanced Navigation System For The 'Mobile Search' page: 13
- B&W Delivers Second Panamax Bulker-14 More On Order page: 14
- Promet W i l l Build The First Of Its Kind Of Rig For Elf page: 16
- G l o b a l M a r i n e Oil A n d Gas Unit Names Hatcher President page: 16
- First Saudi-Owned Shipping Company Gets First Vessel page: 18
- Anastasio Elected President Of Marine Concrete Structures page: 18
- C.T. Palo Appointed Marine Superintendent For McAllister-Philadelphia page: 18
- New Catalog Available From WABCO Describes Marine Control Valves page: 18
- McDermott Unit Renamed —Earles And Foster Appointed Senior VPs page: 19
- Electric Propulsion Systems Discussed At SNAME Chesapeake Section page: 20
- New Lifting Technique Lowers Costs In Construction Of Drilling Rigs page: 20
- Far East-Levingston To Build Drillship For Global Marine page: 21
- PROPELLERS '81 page: 22
- T A N O A w a r d e d $1.9-Million Contract By B I W Yard For A u t o m a t i o n Systems page: 24
- Texaco Names Dubuisson To N e w Offshore Post page: 24
- NICOR Expands Offshore Fleet With Acquisition Of Two Additional Companies page: 26
- Grant Hagen Joins Designers & Planners page: 26
- ASNE Delaware Valley Chapter Holds Meeting At Philadelphia Naval Base page: 28
- Admiral D.G. Iselin Joins Raymond Unit page: 28
- Hitachi Completes Combination Cargo Carrier For Galleon Shipping page: 30
- Penco To Market Showa's Fuel Mixing System page: 31
- Global And Japanese Firm Jointly Offer Offshore Production Systems page: 31
- IHI Delivers Japan's Biggest Helicopter Destroyer page: 33
- Sail Systems For Commercial Ships Could Cut Fuel Costs 30% —Literature Available page: 33
- New Brochure On Hoists, Winches And Mooring Systems Offered By Skagit page: 38
- Nuclear-Powered Sub 'Houston' Launched At Newport News Yard page: 39
- Main Iron Works Delivers Alco-Powered 'Karen Ann' To Corpus Christi Marine Services page: 39
- Designers & Planners Completes Replacement Study On Alaska Ferry page: 40
- Fireboat Design Contract To Nickum & Spaulding page: 42
- GM-Powered Towboat 'Jeanie-K' Delivered By Riverway Shipyard page: 42
- Penco Appointed U.S. Agent For Bremer Vulcan page: 42
- DeJong & Associates To Design New Tug Series For Corps Of Engineers page: 44
- Bailey Reorganizes Miami Operations—Paul Gausted Appointed Vice President page: 44
- New Worldwide Service Company Formed By Racal-Decca Group page: 45
- Van Dawark Appointed President Of Dillingham Maritime Division page: 45
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- N&SA Names Stumbo And Hagemann Vice Presidents page: 53
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