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Morgan Appointed

National Sales Manager

For Welded Beam

Craig E. Morgan

Larry N. Lamphier, president of Welded Beam Company of Perry,

Ohio, recently announced the ap- pointment of Craig E. Morgan to the newly created position of na- tional sales manager. He will be responsible for setting new market- ing directions as well as supervising the sales force.

Mr. Morgan has been involved in the sales and marketing of high- frequency welded structural shapes since 1978. Prior to joining Welded

Beam in 1981 he was employed by

Kaiser Aluminum, and Riblet Prod- ucts.

Welded Beam Company produces custom, high-frequency welded I, H, and T beams for the shipbuilding, railcar, trailer, and light construc- tion industries. Thermatool Compa- ny, Welded Beam's parent, is a world leader in the development of high-frequency welding systems for such products as pipe, tube, and structural shapes, with more than 900 machines installed worldwide since 1952.

John Gaughan Named

To New Maritime Post

Maritime Administrator Harold

E. Shear has announced the ap- pointment of John Gaughan to the newly created post of Director of

External Affairs of the Maritime

Administration, an agency within the Department of Transportation.

Mr. Gaughan will be responsible for the agency's liaison with the maritime industry, overseeing Mar-

Ad's public affairs activities, and, in coordination with the Office of the

Secretary, contacts with the Con- gress on maritime matters.

For three years prior to this ap- pointment he had served in the office of the Secretary of Transpor- tation as Congressional Relations

Officer for Maritime Programs and previously had been assigned to the

U.S. Coast Guard's Congressional

Affairs Staff while on active duty as

Coast Guard officer.

His active duty service with the

Coast Guard (1970-80) also included command of the cutter Point Mar- tin.

Mr. Gaughan graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with

December 15, 1984 33 1 a BS degree and earned a Doctor of

Laws degree from the University of

Maryland School of Law. From 1980-81 he served as an attorney at the Federal Maritime Commission.

He holds the rank of Lieutenant

Commander in the U.S. Coast

Guard Reserve and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Asso- ciation and the Maritime Law Asso- ciation.

Hoboken Shipyards Wins

Contract To Overhaul

USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1)

Hoboken Shipyards Incorpo- rated, Hoboken, N.J., is being awarded a $3,740,345 firm-fixed- price contract for the overhaul of

USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1). Work will be performed in Hoboken and is expected to be completed June 1985. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the cur- rent fiscal year. Thirteen bids were solicited and seven offers were re- ceived. The Supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion and Repair,

Charleston, S.C. is the contracting activity.

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