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William O'Malley Named

Executive VP At Sonat

William C. O'Malley has been elected executive vice president of

Sonat Inc., effective immediately.

Ronald L. Kuehn Jr., Sonat's chairman, president and chief exec- utive officer, said Mr. O'Malley would have corporate-level respon- sibility for three of the company's oil services businesses, which in- clude Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc.,

Sonat Marine Inc. and Sonat Sub- sea Services Inc. In his new position, he will relocate to Birmingham,

Ala.

Mr. O'Malley has been presi- dent of Sonat Offshore Drilling, headquartered in Houston, since 1984. The same year, he was elected vice president of Sonat Inc. In 1985 he was elected a senior vice presi- dent of the parent company and chairman of Sonat Subsea Services and Sonat Marine.

He joined Sonat Offshore in 1982 as executive vice president. Prior to that, he was managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office of Ar- thur Young & Company. Mr.

O'Malley earned a bachelor's de- gree in accounting and philosophy at the University of Scranton and completed the Harvard Graduate

School Business Advanced Manage- ment Program.

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On Long-Life Marine

Window Wipers For Ships

A new marine window wiper that will give longer life in the harsh con- ditions at sea, has been designed by

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June, 1986 81 with two tires of wear resistant ma- terial for good grip between the roll- er and the inside of the wiper case.

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