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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

RCI Names New Board

Member

Royal Caribbean International (RCI) announced that Laura

Laviada, president of Editorial

Televisa — a subsidiary of a com- pany touted as the world's largest

Spanish magazine publishing com- pany — has been elected to the company's board. "Laura Laviada brings to the board a wealth of knowledge and experience in business operations, especially in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market," said

RCI's Richard Fain.

Former Naval Bureau

Commander Dies At 91

The New York Times reported in late July that Radm. Albert

Girard Mumma, a naval engi- neer who commanded the Navy

Department's Bureau of Ships in the 1950s as its nuclear power and missile program went full throttle, died in Pennsylvania at age 91.

Radm. Mumma also served as a naval intelligence officer in Europe and as president of ASNE and

SNAME.

After leaving the Navy he joined the private sector and was appointed by Richard Nixon to serve as chair of the American

Shipbuilding Commission, which studied and sent recommendations to Congress regarding ways to improve U.S. Merchant Marine vessel construction.

APL Concludes Labor

Negotiations With Seagoing

Personnel

Bargaining between APL Ltd. and the International

Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, AFL-CIO (IOMMP) was concluded the last week in July after 11-month labor negotiations produced an agreement affecting 72 company deck officers.

The agreement, subject to union ratification, completed the process of arriving at new labor pacts with the company's seagoing personnel. "We believe that this contract provides both security for our members as well as ensuring APL's presence as a premier carrier for the American flag in the Far East ... MMP believes that the marriage between NOL and APL is a signifi- cant step forward for both compa- nies and wishes both companies well," said IOMMP President

Timothy A. Brown.

Allin CFO Resigns

Allin Communications Corp.

CFO Jon E. VanAmringe is leav- ing the company to pursue other opportunities.

Dean C. Praskach will assume his duties as vice president of finance.

The company's SeaVision sub- sidiary supplies ITV systems to the cruise industry.

Offshore Company Names

Director

Noble Drilling Corp. has named

William J. Dore to its board of directors. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the diving and marine construction industry

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