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Bird-Johnson Appoints

Peter J. Gwyn

New President & COO

Peter J. Gwyn

Bird-Johnson Company, Wal- pole, Mass., recently appointed

Peter J. Gwyn to the position of president and chief operating offi- cer. Mr. Gwyn brings over 30 years of marine industry experience to his new position and is joining Bird-

Johnson from the Massachusetts

Shipbuilders Corporation, where he had been president and chief execu- tive officer for the past three years.

In his new position, Mr. Gwyn is second in command to Charles A.

Orem, president and chief execu- tive officer, who plans to retire later this year. Until his retirement, Mr.

Orem will serve as vice chairman and chief executive officer at Bird-

Johnson. Mr. Gwyn will assume

Mr. Orem's responsibilities upon his retirement.

In addition to his presidency at

Massachusetts Shipbuilder's Corpo- ration, where he headed an effort to form a coalition of government, la- bor and industry concerns towards reopening the Quincy Shipyard, Mr.

Gwyn is a former president of the

Marine Division of AMCA Interna- tional. During his tenure at AMCA he saw the completion of several major marine offshore construction contracts including the building of the Fort McHenry tunnel tubes un- der Baltimore Harbor, a coastwise self-unloading coal barge system, offshore marine terminals for the oil industry, floating offshore oil pro- cessing and storage systems, and a

Panamax floating drydock. He has also held management positions with General Dynamics, the

Charlestown and Quincy Shipyard

Divisions, Massachusetts; and Da- vie Shipbuilding Ltd. of Quebec,

Canada.

Bird-Johnson Company, addi- tionally, announced the promotion of Gary W. Dayton, former direc- tor, marine marketing and services, to the position of vice president, marketing and sales. Mr. Dayton- has been with Bird-Johnson for over 15 years in a variety of marine sales capacities and will, in his new posi- tion, be responsible for the market- ing and sales of all non-marine Bird-

Johnson Company products and services as well.

Bird-Johnson Company is a world leader in the supply of naval and commercial marine controllable pitch and fixed pitch propeller sys- tems and provides castings and pre- cision machined products to the aerospace, automotive and energy industries.

In addition to their Walpole headquarters, they maintain manu- facturing facilities in Mobile, Ala.;

Pascagoula, Miss.; and Seattle,

Wash. They are a subsidiary of Axel

Johnson Inc., New York, N.Y., and a member of the Axel Johnson AB group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Alan B. Nierenberg Named

President And CEO,

American Ship Building

American Ship Building, Tampa,

Fla., has named Alan B. Nieren- berg president and chief operating officer. Mr. Nierenberg was for- merly with Avondale Industries of

New Orleans, La.

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