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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS executives following the recent three million share public offering of 17 percent of the its common stock in late September. John

Dane, chairman and CEO of

Halter Marine said: "The promo- tions are intended to organize the company as an independent, pub- licly traded business. As a sepa- rate company, it is necessary to assign new duties to Halter execu- tives that were previously per- formed by Trinity."

Harvey Walpert, former senior vice president, Administration, has been named senior vice president

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Almerico, Jr., previously senior vice president of Development, will succeed Mr. Walpert in

Administration. Wayne

Bourgeois, former vice president,

Operations, has been named senior vice president of the same depart- ment. Sidney Mizell, former vice president, Sales and Marketing, has been named senior vice presi- dent of the department. In addi- tion, Anil Raj, previously vice president, Operations, has been named vice president, Government

Programs.

The Trinity Marine Group cur- rently retains 83 percent common stock interest in Halter, but has indicated its intent to divest itself of its investment in the company.

Thorne Installed As AAPA

Chairman

Mike Thorne, the Port of

Portland's executive director, was recently installed as chairman of the American Association of Port

Authorities (AAPA), making him the fourth AAPA chairperson to be elected from Portland in just over three decades. Before joining the

Port of Portland, Mr. Thorne served 17 years in the Oregon sen- ate, and chaired the Ways and

Means Committee.

AAPA also honored W. Don

Welch, executive director of South

Carolina State Ports Authority, with a service award for outstand- ing leadership and noteworthy accomplishments. Mr. Welch has been an AAPA director for 13 years, and served as chairman from 1980 to 1981.

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