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Bulis Joins ACR Electronics

As Soles Director

Bob Bulis recently joined ACR

Electronics, Inc., located

Lauderdale, Fla., as the company's director of North

American Sales.

In this position, he will be responsible for supervision of all aspects of the company's domes- tic sales, and will lead an aggressive

Fort

Bob Bulis growth program to expand product sales into new markets.

ACR Electronics designs and manufactures a complete line of safety and survival products, including EPIRBs, personal utility lights, marker lights, radios and

SARTs.

For more information on

ACR Electronics, Inc.

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Laurence Cassar

Cassar Named Kings Pt.

Department Head

Dr. Laurence Cassar has been named head of the Department of

Mathematics and

Science at the U.S.

Merchant Marine

Academy at Kings

Point, N.Y. He will be responsible for overseeing the mathematics, chemistry and physics courses at the Academy. Dr.

Cassar joined the Academy in 1967, attained the rank of profes- sor in 1980, and shortly thereafter was appointed assistant depart- ment head in mathematics and sci- ence. He has also completed post- doctoral studies in astrophysics, performing several research pro- jects in the field.

Kings Point is operated by the

Maritime Administration of the

U.S. Department of Transporta- tion. The federal maritime college trains students to be licensed offi- cers in the U.S. Merchant Marine — the fleet of U.S.-flagged vessels involved in foreign and domestic waterborne commerce — and in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

EA Global Hires Dredging

Consultant

EA Global, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., announced that William R. Mur- den will serve as senior technical consultant for in- ternational dredg- ing projects. Mr.

Murden served as the chief of the

Dredging Division of the U.S. Army

Corp of Engineers, providing approval for the design and construction of major marine plant equipment for

Districts.

EA Global is an international division of EA Engineering,

Science and Technology, Inc., a multidisciplinary environmental services firm. The firm provides the port industry with a variety of services, performing environmen- tal assessments of dredging impacts, sediment management, health and safety monitoring dur- ing construction and human health and ecological risk assessment.

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Alpha Wire Names New

VPs

Alpha Wire Corporation, an

Elizabeth, N.J.-based supplier of wire, cable and shrinkable tubing products, has appointed two new vice presidents. Allan Marconi will serve as vice president of

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