Sun Shipbuilding And Dry Dock Co.
Names Swensson, Brodhead And Watson
Gerald C. Swensson G. Wills Brodhead
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Co., Chester, Pa., has appointed
Gerald C. Swensson, G. Wills Brod-
head and William Watson to ex-
ecutive posts in the company's
Bulk Cargo Ship Product Group.
Mr. Swensson has been named en-
gineering manager, Mr. Brodhead,
marketing manager, and Mr. Wat-
son, projects manager. The three
executives will report to Kjeld
Damsgaard, vice president, Bulk
Cargo Ship Product Group.
Mr. Damsgaard said his Prod-
uct Group would be responsible for
tankers, liquefied natural gas
(LNG) carriers, specialty vessels
and all other types of ships carry-
William Watson
ing bulk cargo on the trade routes
of the world. The new group will
combine marketing and transporta-
tion research with engineering and
product development to give Sun
Ship's customers the most competi-
tive, profitable vessels possible.
As engineering manager, Mr.
Swensson will be responsible for
the conceptual and preliminary de-
sign of bulk vessels in the naval
architectural, structural, and engi-
neering areas.
Mr. Brodhead will be responsible
for directing the activities of the
Bulk Vessels Marketing Group.
Mr. Watson, as projects man-
ager, will be responsible for the
Bulk Vessels Contracts Group, the
estimating staff, and business ad-
ministration.
Mr. Swensson, who was born in
Chicago, 111., is a 1944 graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, with a B.S. degree in
naval architecture and marine en^
gineering. He was awarded an M.S.
degree in marine engineering from
the same school in 1949.
He was assistant chief engineer
with Bethlehem Steel Corporation's
Shipbuilding Division at Quincy,
Mass., before joining Sun Ship in
1964 as head of the mechanical de-
sign department.
Mr. Swensson is a member of
The Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers, and the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
Mr. Brodhead was born in Phila-
delphia, Pa., and attended the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania and Penn
State University evening school.
He joined Sun Ship in 1936 and
worked in the shipyard's heavy ma-
chine shop until 1942, when he
transferred to the ship repair esti-
mating department. In June 1961,
he was named manager of ship re-
pair sales.
He is past president of the Port
of Philadelphia Maritime Society
and a member of The Society of
Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers and the Philadelphia Mari-
time Exchange.
Born in Paisley, Scotland, Mr.
Watson is a 1951 graduate of the
Royal Technical College in Scot-
land.
He was chief marine engineer for
National Steel and Shipbuilding
Company in San Diego, Calif., be-
fore joining Sun Ship in 1962 as
manufacturing engineer. In 1969,
he was named chief, staff engineer-
ing, and his duties were expanded
to include management of new con-
struction estimating, contract ad-
ministration and the Aero/Hydro
Space Division. During this period,
he was Deep Submergence Rescue
Vehicle Program manager and pro-
ject manager for the shipyard's
conversion of the S/S Manhattan
to an icebreaking tanker.
Mr. Watson is a committee mem-
ber of the American Bureau of
Shipping Technical Committee for
Submersibles, the Technical Com-
mittee of Lloyd's of London, the
Ocean Resources Committee of the
Marine Technology Society, and
the Value Analysis Committee of
Shipbuilder's Council of America.
He is also a member of The So-
ciety of Naval Architects and Ma-
rine Engineers, and the Institute
of Marine Engineers.
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