Haggett Named Board Chairman For Shipbuilders Council Of America

At a recent quarterly meeting of the Shipbuilders Council in Washington, D.C., William E. Haggett, president and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Council, succeeding David H.

Klinges, vice president-Marine Construction group, Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Hans K.

Schaefer, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, was elected vice chairman. Both will serve a one-year term.

At the same meeting, the following were elected to the Executive Committee of the council: Thomas T. Balfour, General Electric; Edward J. Campbell, Newport News Shipbuilding; C. Larry French, National Steel and Shipbuilding; George K. Geiger, Bay Shipbuilding; Mr. Haggett; Mr.

Klinges; James R. Mellor, General Dynamics; John L. Roper III, Norshipco; Gerald J. St. Pe, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mr. Schaefer; and Lawrence A. Smith, Lockheed Shipbuilding.

Elected as officers for the coming year were: M. Lee Rice, president; Jed L. Babbin, vice president and general counsel; W. Patrick Morris, vice president; John S. Rivers, vice president and secretary; John J. Stocker, vice president; and Beverly C. Kendall, treasurer and assistant to the president.

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