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administration, the following year when the company merged to form Midland-Ross Corp. He has been senior vice-president since 1965. Until his resignation to become president of American Shipbuilding Company, Mr. Elliott's areas of re- sponsibility have included legal, patents, personnel, acquisitions, in- dustrial relations, advertising, and public relations. Mr. Elliott is 56, and a native of St. Louis, Mo., where he earned his LL.B. degree at City College of Law after first attending St. Louis University. American Ship Building Com- pany, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the largest shipbuild- ing and repair company on the Great Lakes. It also owns and op- erates one of the largest bulk car- rier fleets on the Great Lakes, and is active in the building products, metal fabricating, material hand- ling, and shipboard sewage disposal fields. Through its acquisition of Nashville Bridge Co. last year, it is also a major national bridge build- er, and supplier of barges, tow boats, and dredges. Mooremack Elects Fiske President Lawrence F. Fiske 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News American Ship Building Elects Elliott President Campbell W. Elliott, prominent Cleveland executive and civic lead- er, has been elected president of the American Ship Building Com- pany, Lorain, Ohio. The announce- ment was made at a recent press conference by George M. Stein- brenner III, chairman and chief ex- ecutive officer of the company. Mr. Elliott, who resigned as senior vice- president of Midland-Ross Corp. to accept the new responsibility, will also serve as chief operating officer. Mr. Elliott has had considerable experience in the shipbuilding field in addition to his service for three years on the board of the American Ship Building Company. From 1942 through 1945 he was assistant to the president of Cramp Shipbuild- ing Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., which employed 20,000 people and con- tributed mightily to the war effort, building cruisers, submarines and other vessels. He came to Cleveland in 1956 as vice-president, industrial and pub- lic relations of Midland Steel Pro- ducts, and became vice-president, CUTS FIELD ASSEMBLY COSTS 75 YEARS OF SERVICE. . . transporting massive products and fully-assembled steel fabrications. Hughes modern fleet of barges, scows and floating equipment available on the Atlantic Coast, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. For economy call (g) JAMES HUGHES, INC. 75 YEARS l-C.C. W-463 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 Tel. 212 WHitehall 4-1048 CLEARING HOUSE FOR MARINE DIFFICULTIES SINCE 1894 William T. Moore, chairman of the board of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc., has announced the elec- tion of Lawrence F. Fiske as presi- dent and chief operating officer of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc., and its subsidiary Moore-McCor- mack Lines, Incorporated. Mr. Moore will continue as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of both companies. Mr. Fiske came to Moore-McCor- mack Lines from Robin Line in 1957 as assistant vice-president. He was elected vice-president in 1960 and executive vice-president and director in 1962. A native New Yorker, Mr. Fiske attended Pelham High School and was graduated from Colgate Uni- versity in 1934. In 1962,, he was a graduate of the Advanced Manage- ment Program of the Harvard Uni- versity Graduate School of Busi- ness Management. Mr. Fiske's clubs include the New York Athletic Club, Weeburn Country Club and the Newcomen Society. He is a governor of the India House. He also belongs to the Whitehall Club and is a mem- ber of the Sons of the American Revolution.
