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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS? i ;t.-|

Ewing Named COO For

Southwest Marine

Southwest Marine

Inc. (SWM), a West

Coast network of ship repair facilities headquartered in

San Diego, Calif., has appointed B.

Edward Ewing to the position of chief operating officer.

Formerly a corporate vice presi- dent of operations for Lockheed

Martin and General Dynamics, he will now be responsible for the day- to-day operational activities of

SWM's San Diego, San Pedro and

Ingleside, Texas, facilities.

For more information on

Southwest Marine

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Denison Names

Klimaszewski Director

Of Engineering

Denison Hydraul- ics, Inc., Marysville,

Ohio, has appointed

Richard A. Kli- maszewski to the position of director of engineering. In this capacity, he will be

Richard A. responsible for the

Klimaszewsi design of the compa- ny's piston pumps and controls. Mr. Klimaszewski has joined Denison after 29 years with fluid power manufacturer

Vickers, Inc., where he held a vari- ety of management positions in engineering, marketing, planning and manufacturing.

Denison manufactures hydrau- lic components and systems for ships and ordance equipment, as well as for other industrial applica- tions.

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Denison Hydraulics, Inc.

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Ward Joins Holman,

Fenwick & Willan As

Consultant

Ian Ward has joined the law firm of

Holman, Fenwick &

Willan (HFW) as a consultant. He recently retired as the head of Lovell White

Durrant's Shipping

Department — a department which he established in 1976. Welcoming

Mr. Ward to HFW, Senior Partner

Archie Bishop said: "Ian's combi- nation of expertise in maritime law and real knowledge of shipping operations fits in well with our

Ian Ward

Admiralty Department — already heavily populated with former sea- farers. "His appointment, together with new partners Christopher Lock- wood and Christopher Swart — who also recently joined us from

Lovell White Durrant — has fur- ther reinforced our thriving ship- ping practice."

Burkhill Forms Marine

Electronics Consultancy

John Burkhill has announced the formation of his new company,

John Burkhill and Associates,

Inc., which will provide a variety of consultancy services to shipown- ers, operators and equipment man-

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