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50 MN January 2011 First Woman Superintendent of Military Academy The first woman superintendent of a military service academy will be at the helm of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy when classes convene next summer. The commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Bob Papp, has selected Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, Coast Guard director of reserve and leadership, for the superintendent position. HB Rentals Promotes Chilton Onsite accommodation specialist, HB Rentals, a Superior Energy Services company, has opened a sec- ond district office in Pennsylvania and named Brian Chilton Regional Operations Manager for the Northeast U.S. The new Pennsylvania office located in Mill Hall will coordinate with the compa- ny’s existing district office in Canonsburg, Pa., to provide equip- ment and services for the growing demand in the Marcellus shale play and the surrounding region. Chilton joined HB Rentals in 2006, and this move marks his third promotion since joining the company. Capt. Score Takes Command of NOAA’s Atlantic Fleet NOAA Capt. David A. Score assumed command of the agency’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va., which manages the day-to-day operations of the nine research and survey ships in NOAA’s Atlantic fleet. Capt. Score served most recently as commanding officer of NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, which conducted key research mis- sions during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Green Joins Maritime Museum Joe Green of Portland, Ore. has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Md. as a shipwright apprentice. Green will primarily work on the restoration of the Museum’s bugeye, the Edna E. Lockwood. Hagan Tech Dev. & Support Manager for Elcometer Elcometer, Inc. announced that Lynn Hagan has joined the company as Technical Development & Support Manager for the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining Elcometer, Inc., Hagan consulted on a number of gov- ernment and industry initiatives. Most notably, she was the Technical Program Manager and Solution Architect for the U.S. Navy’s paper- less QA initiative. Great Lakes Towing Company Leadership Changes Joseph Starck Jr. will take over as President of Great Lakes Towing Company. Starck joined the towing company in 1991 and was most recently its Vice President – Engineering. Since April 2009, he has also been President of the compa- ny’s shipyard division, which operates under the name Great Lakes Shipyard. George Sogor was named Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Sogor has been with the Great Lakes Towing Company for nearly 25 years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Finance and Administration. Ronald Rasmus, who has been President of The Great Lakes Towing Company since 1983, will move to the position of Chairman. Scholarships for USMMA Cadets Crowley continued to reward exem- plary students at maritime schools around the country by presenting Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships to four deserving mid- shipmen from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at the Containerization and Intermodal Institute's Connie Awards dinner in early December in Newark, N.J. The USMMA cadets Christina Becker, David Irish, Lesley Walz and Gregory Otto were recog- nized with Crowley scholarships for their strong academic records, leader- ship capacity and financial need. Sarah Cross, Crowley's marine recruiter, presented the scholarships at the yearly dinner attended by hun- dreds of maritime and transportation professionals. Stosz Chilton Green Hagan PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Crowley Scholarships for USMMA Cadets