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National Waterways

Conference Holds Elections

W. Richard Christensen of

Ashland Oil, Inc. was elected chair- man, and Robert W. Portiss of the

Tulsa Port of Catoosa vice chair- man, of the National Waterways

Conference, Inc. (NWC). They were elected at the organization's annual meeting.

Mr. Christensen, an Ashland consultant and former vice presi- dent, took over the chairmanship in

April and was named to a full term.

Mr. Portiss is the port director at

Tulsa.

Harry N. Cook of Washington,

D.C., who has served as the

Conference's president since 1978, won another term.

Moving up as first vice president and second in line for the

Conference's chairmanship was

Dennis L. Kirwin of Houston, vice president and general manager of

Midland Marine Corp. Gale H.

Rhodes of Lakin, W. Va., manager of river transportation for AEP Fuel

Supply, was elected a vice presi- dent. All other Conference officers were re-elected.

Fifteen new directors were picked for the Conference's board of direc- tors, and six new members were elected to the executive committee.

Those elected to the board of di- rectors included Terry R. Becker of Minneapolis, president, Riverway

Co.; Christopher J. Brescia of St.

Louis, president, Midwest Area

River Coalition 2000; Michael E.

Bright of Charleston, W. Va., ma- rine transportation manager, Union

Carbide Corp.; Dr. William A.

Cunningham of Mobile, Ala., di- rector, Alabama Waterway and

Transportation Research Center.

Allen J. Dupont of New Orleans, marketing manager, T.L. James &

Co., Inc.; Martin A Gay of Hous- ton, marine transportation manager,

Dow Chemical Co.; James L.

Guttman of Belle Vernon, Pa., presi- dent, Mon River Towing, Inc.; John

W. Holt, Jr., of Shreveport, La., executive port director, Caddo-

Bossier Parishes Port Commission.

Dr. Martin E. Lipinski of Mem- phis, Tenn., Center for River Stud- ies; J. Steven Lucas of Wilton,

Conn., director - logistics and opera- tions, Louis Dreyfus Corp.; Frank

G. Martin, Jr., of Indianapolis, ex- ecutive director, Indiana Port Com- mission; Elmer A. Nichols of St.

Louis, operations manager, City of

St. Louis Port Authority.

Craig E. Phillips of Nashville, senior vice president, Ingram Barge

Company; Barbara H. Standley of Yazoo City, Miss., water trans- portation manager, Mississippi

Chemical Co.; and Ronald N.

Zimmer of St. Louis, principal, port projects, Sverdrup Corp.

Those elected to the executive committee included Arthur W.

Bayer of Mt. Vernon, Ind., presi- dent and general manager, Mt.

Vernon Barge Service, Inc.; Jerry

F. Lavelle of Granite City, 111., port district engineer, Tri-City Regional

Port District; C. Douglas

McGinnis of South Point, Ohio, chairman, McGinnis, Inc.

AJ. Milligan of Birmingham,

Ala., principal, fuel procurement and planning, Southern Company Ser- vices, Inc.; Alan Willis of Portland,

Ore., government relations repre- sentative, Port of Portland; and

John T. Zick of Chicago, senior vice president, Continental Grain

Co.

In 1994, the Conference's annual meeting will be held on September 21-23 at the Inter-Continental Ho- tel in New Orleans.

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