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Bonner Elected Chairman, Solley Vice Chairman Of VMA Ed Bonner, president and CEO of Leslie Co., is the 1986 chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Associa- tion of America (VMA). Larry Solley, group vice president and worldwide product director-Final Control Systems, Fisher Controls International, Inc., is the new vice chairman. Both were elected at the association's annual meeting held October 13-16 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Their one-year terms began January 1, 1986. Mr. Bonner joined Leslie Co., Parsippany, N.J., in April 1973 as executive vice president and was elected president and chief operat- ing officer in April 1974. Previously, he worked 15 years for Nichols En- gineering and Research Corp., New York City. Before joining Leslie, Mr. Bonner served as vice presi- dent-sales at Nichols. Mr. Bonner has been a member of the board of directors since 1982 and was formerly VMA's chairman of product/industry committees. Mr. Solley joined Fisher Con- trols, Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1977 as vice president-planning and in 1979 was appointed vice president- marketing. Before being promoted to his present position, he served as vice president-Control Valves and Regulators Division. Prior to joining Fisher, he held various engineering PUT YOUR IMPORTED EQUIPMENT ON LINE IMMEDIATELY! ICAJON Conversion Fittings connect BSP, DIN, JIS, ISO or metric threaded systems to NPT, fractional or metric tube • Lower inventory and maintenance costs • Standard off-the-shelf components — no specials required • Adapters to solve alignment problems • Sizes 1/8" to 1" in 316SS, steel and brass • Available through your local Authorized CAJON Sales & Service Representative. CAJON COMPANY 9760 Shepard Road Macedonia, Ohio 44056 1985 Markad Service Co , all rights reserved K-491 SI Circle 124 on Reader Service Card BENDER BUILDS, CONVERTS, STRETCHES If You Can't Build New, Bender Will Upgrade By Lengthening Or Modifying Your Existing Vessels Lengthening the Doc Tide and Darol Tide by 16 ft. For more information call JOHN R. LOGAN, General Sales Manager, or PETER MASCHKE in Mobile, and on the West Coast call JOE HENDRIX at (206) 282-9631 LENDER SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CO.. INC. Post office BOX 42, Mobile AL 36601 Phone: 205/433-3673, Telex 505-457 Circle 237 on Reader Sen/ice Card 46 and marketing positions with Mon- santo Co. Mr. Solley, currently chairman of VMA's finance com- mittee, has served on the board of directors since 1981. James R. Burke, vice presi- dent-corporate development of Cameron Iron Works, Inc., Houston, will remain on the board as immedi- ate past chairman having held that position in 1984 and 1985. Newly elected to three-year terms are: R.R.J. Baker, president and general manager-Valves & Fittings Division, Crane Co., Elmsford, N.Y., and Gerald E. Hoffmeister, pres- ident-Flow Control Division, Rock- well International Corp., Pitts- burgh. Elected to a two-year term is Thomas Bruns, president and CEO, Xomox Corp., Cincinnati. Directors reelected to three-year terms are: James H. Elder Jr., chairman, president and CEO, An- derson, Greenwood & Co., Bellaire, Texas, and Bill Henry, chairman of the board of directors, MUESCO, Inc., Houston. Reelected to two- year terms are: Ralph H. Clemons Jr., president, Daniel Industries, Inc., Houston, and Daniel L. De- Santis, president, Jamesbury Corp., Worcester, Mass. Present board members serving continuing terms are: William E. Bendix, group vice president, Mark Controls Corp., Evanston, 111.; Lynn Elliott, president, EIM Valve Controls, Inc., Missouri City, Texas; Charles L. Harper, gener- al manager, W-K-M Division, Joy Manufacturing Co., Houston; George Raftis, president, Red Valve Co., Inc., Carnegie, Pa.; and Kenneth P. Stegemiller, divi- sion president, The Duriron Co., Inc., Cookeville, Tenn. Founded in 1938, the Valve Man- ufacturers Association of America today represents 76 domestic valve manufacturers who together ac- count for approximately 85 percent of the total U.S. industrial valve production. The American valve in- dustry supplies 40 percent of the worldwide valve demand. Six NATO Nations Will Collaborate On Research In Surface Effect Ship Design Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. have signed a memorandum of understanding in- volving a joint effort in the research and development of a surface effect ship (SES) design. Under the pro- gram, each country will conduct a series of tests to determine the mili- tary applications of the SES, which is a hybrid of hovercraft and cata- maran. The tests will be carried out using the SES-200 experimental vessel supplied by the U.S. This craft, completed by Bell Halter in 1982, has a maximum speed of 28 knots and displacement of 200 tons. A U.S. Navy team of 18 men will conduct the tests in each country, under the surveillance of each na- tional trials director. In addition to the joint effort, each nation will use the data obtained from the tests in support of its own SES effort. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
