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Eleusis Shipyards Elect New Board Of Directors The General Assembly of the Shareholders of "Eleusis Ship- yards" S.A., Athens, Greece, re- cently elected a new board of directors as follows: President, Adm. John N. Strat- akis, Shipowner; vice president, Dr. Jean P. Ioannidis, Professor of Marine Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Ph.D. London University; man- aging director, Anthony D. Da- laklis, Dipl. Electrical Engineer, Econ. Industrial Psychology; tech- nical managing director, Pandelis D. Velissaropoulos, Mechanical Engineer, M.I.T., M.B.A. Harvard; financial managing director, Dr. Peter P. Papageorgiou, Sr. Lec- turer of Economics at the Athens Graduate School of Economics and Business Sciences. Members of the board are as follows: Gregory C. Demetriou, Dipl. Ing. Marine Engineering T.U. Hannover, M.Sc. Econ. (Manage- ment) London School of Econom- ics; Como. Miltiades A. Kamaris; Dr. Theodosios P. Boufounos, Na- val Architect-Marine and Ocean Engineer D.Sc. M.I.T.; Colonel Hellenic Airforce, Miltiades N. Marcou; Basil D. Maris, Attorney- At-Law; Comdr. Dimitrios C. Mit- satsos, Dipl. Electrical-Mechani- cal Engineer, National Technical University of Athens; Theo. V. Sioufas, Attorney-At-Law. National Supply Names World Marketing Group For Drilling Equipment A.J.R. Petersen National Supply Company, 1455 West Loop South, Houston, Texas 77027, major oil-field equipment manufacturer, announces that it has consolidated its domestic and international marketing effort for drilling equipment into a single worldwide organization under its National Drilling Equipment op- eration. To head the global marketing organization, A.J.R. (Pete) Peter- sen is appointed to the newly cre- ated position of general manager- marketing, National Drilling Equipment. Reporting to Mr. Petersen are four area managers: William F. Jennings — North America; Phil- lip P. Musmeci — Europe, Africa and the Middle East; Thomas B. Herndon — Latin America, and Robert D. Stottlemeyer — Far East. According to T.C. (Ted) Rogers, National Supply president, the new organization will enable the company to respond more effici- ently to global requirements for drilling equipment. He expects the more concentrated marketing ac- tivity to result in greater rec- ognition of the wide range of products available from National Supply. He points out that the company manufactures the most complete line of drilling and pro- duction equipment in the oil-field supply industry. National Supply manufactures drilling equipment at plants in Gainesville, Texas, Torrance, Calif., and Stockport, England. Trans Union Offers Brochure On Leasing Customer benefits of such in- novative lease plans as rental- purchase leasing, stand-by leasing, skip-payment leasing, and secu- rity deposit leasing are explained in a new free 12-page four-color brochure offered by Trans Union Leasing Corporation. For a copy of the brochure write to William H. 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