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Newport News Advances

Whitman To Senior VP

Carl E. Whitman

Newport News Shipbuilding,

Newport News, Va., has named

Carl E. Whitman to the position of senior vice president and gen- eral counsel. He will have overall responsibility for all legal matters and governmental affairs for the company.

Mr. Whitman moves to the shipyard from J I Case company in

Racine, Wise., where he has been senior vice president, secretary and general counsel. Both Case and Newport News Shipbuilding are subsidiaries of Tenneco Inc.

Mr. Whitman has been with

Tenneco-affiliated companies for more than 27 years. He joined

Case in 1974. Prior to that, he held several positions of increas- ing responsibility at Tenneco's

Packaging Corporation of Amer- ica, including the post of treasurer and tax counsel. $5.8-Million Contract

Awarded Vitro Labs

The Automation Industries In- corporated, Vitro Laboratories Di- vision, Silver Spring, Md., is being awarded a $5,875,000 cost-plus- fixed-fee contract for engineering services in support of the fleet bal- listic missile program. The Navy

Strategic Systems Project Office,

Washington, D.C., is the contract- ing activity (N00030-83-C-0168).

Italcantieri Yard

Begins Construction Of 50,500-Dwt Bulk Carrier

The Italcantieri Castellammare di Stabia Shipyard has announced the keel-laying for a 50,500-dwt diesel-powered bulk carrier for

Deiulemar of Cagliari. The ship will be built to Registro Italiano

Navel requirements for ships in- tended to transport dry cargo or ore cargo in all holds.

RMI Adds Four Members

To Board Of Directors

RMI, Inc., National City, Calif., recently announced the election of four new directors.

Edward Hidalgo, partner in the Richmond, Va., law firm of

Mays, Valentine, Davenport, and

Moore, and former Secretary of the Navy; Barry Shillito, chair- man of Teledyne-International, former Assistant Secretary of the

Navy, and former Assistant Sec- retary of Defense; Bob Wilson, president of the Washington In- dustrial Team, WITCO, a consult- ing firm, former ranking minority member of the House Armed Serv- ices Committee, and Congressman from San Diego for 28 years; and

Adm. Elmo (Bud) Zumwalt Jr.

USN (Ret.), Chief Executive Offi- cer of American Medical Build- ings, Inc., and Chief of Naval Op- erations from 1970 to 1974. This action expands RMI's Board of Di- rectors from 5 to 9 members.

RMI, Inc., a privately owned company, places primary emphasis on the design, development, and production of advanced marine ve- hicles for both military and com- mercial applications. The com- pany's present business also includes: ship repair, the manufac- ture and repair of ship compo- nents, tow-basin testing services, and environmental chemical analysis.

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