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Harry N. Cook, conference president, now in his 30th year at

NWC's helm.

Edwin L. Harper, opening luncheon speaker.

Jerry E. Van Der

Kamp, closing lun- cheon speaker.

W. Richard Christen- sen, NWC's chairman of the board. asmj •r

Robert W. Portiss,

NWC's vice chairman.

The Program

The 1994 NWC convention will kick off on

Wednesday, Sept. 21, with a tour of the Port of

New Orleans, starting at the new Nashville

Avenue port complex and ending with an inspec- tion of the Industrial Lock.

Conference Chmn.W. Richard Christensen, recently retired vice president of Ashland Oil,

Inc., will open the NWC convention on Thurs- day, Sept. 22.

After Mr. Cook's report, the first panel will assess the outlook for barge shipments of grain, coal and chemicals.

The second panel will address intermodal issues, followed by a luncheon at which Mr.

Harper will speak.

Two afternoon panels will be concerned with the waterway user tax issue, which is considered to be on the front burner in Washington with the recent appointment of Alice M. Rivlin, a long- time proponent of navigation cost recovery, as the new director of the White House Office of

Management and Budget.

In the evening, there will be a banquet in the

Inter-Continental Hotel ballroom.

On Friday morning, two additional panels are scheduled. The first will examine environmen- tal restrictions and how they affect port and waterway programs, and the second will explore possible changes in floodplain management poli- cies.

The final luncheon, at which Mr. Van Der

Kamp is to speak, will follow.

A spouses' program has been arranged on

Thursday, Sept. 22. It will feature a tour of the

Garden District and lunch at Commander's Pal- ace, a widely known restaurant in that area.

Larry R. Daily of New Orleans, vice presi- dent of Canal Barge Co., is general chairman of the 1994 NWC convention.

An opening reception will be held at the Inter-

Continental Hotel on Wednesday evening.

For additional information, including conven- tion registration and hotel reservation forms, contact NWC, 1130 17th St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20036, tel: (202) 296-4415, fax: (202) 835- 3861

National Waterways Conference Officers

NWC's chairman isW. Richard Christensen of Destin, Fla., a consultant for Ashland Oil, Inc., for which he was until a few months ago vice president, marine/surface transportation and facilities. He has led the NWC since March 1993.

Serving as vice chairman is Robert W.

Portiss, port director at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, situated at the head of navigation on the

McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation Sys- tem. Tulsa will host NWC's annual meeting next year.

Harry N. Cook of Washington, D.C., is presi- dent, a post which he has held since 1978. In

June, he marked his 30th anniversary as an

NWC official. He joined the organization in 1964 as managing director and became executive vice president 10 years later.

NWC's first vice president is Dennis L.

Kirwin of Houston, vice president and general manager of Midland Marine Corp.

There are four vice presidents: Wallace A.

Gieringer, consultant for Pine Bluff-Jefferson

County (Ark.) Port Authority; Charles F.

Lehman of Jeffersonville, Ind., vice president of

American Commercial Barge Line Co.; Gale R.

Rhodes of Lakin, W. Va., manager, river trans- portation, AEP Fuel Supply; and Donald G.

Waldon of Columbus, Miss., administrator, Ten- nessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Au- thority.

William J. Hull of Sea Island, Ga., who had served as vice president and counsel since 1974, died in June. He was one of NWC's founders.

Donald C. McCrory, director of the Port of

Memphis, is treasurer andH. Nelson Spencer,

III, of St. Louis, is secretary.

The officers, plus 14 other members elected from the Board of Directors, constitute the Ex- ecutive Committee:

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

Service, Inc.;Robert G. Brave, executive direc- tor, Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority; W. R. (Ron) Coles of Nashville, president, W. R. Coles & Associates; Brian L. Garrity of Mundelein, 111., manager, water distribution system, IMC

Fertilizer, Inc.; Keith R. Gosney of Chester- field, Mo., president, Pinnacle Transportation,

Inc.

William F. Harbison of Greenville, Miss., president, Arkansas River Co.; David W.

Kreutzer of Elizabeth, Pa., general manager, river division, Consolidation Coal Co.; Charles

Douglas McGinnis of South Point, Ohio, chair-

August, 1994 man, McGinnis, Inc.; A. J. Milligan of Birming- ham, principal, fuel procurement and planning,

Southern Co. Services, Inc.; Offa S. Nichols, also of Birmingham, president, Warrior-

Tombigbee Development Assn.

R. Barry Palmer of Pittsburgh, executive director, DINAMO; T. Mark Simmons of

Belzoni, Miss., executive committee, Lower Mis- sissippi Valley Flood Control Assn.; Alan Willis, government relations representative, Port of

Portland (Ore.); and John T. Zick of Chicago, senior vice president, North American grain divi- sion, Continental Grain Co.

NWC is governed by a 75-member Board of

Directors. Former presidents and chairpeople who are still active in the waterways industry serve on the Consultative Council. There is also an Advisory Council consisting of former Board members elected by the Executive Committee.

Vernon Behrhorst of Lafayette, La., executive director of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Assn., chairs the Advisory Board.

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