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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS Bay, and eventually founding his own company in 1953, after work- ing as a boat captain and dredging for the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. Over the years, he designed and built a number of dredges and barges, including Alameda, reportedly the first, all-steel, welded sidedraft clamshell dredge. Unicon Appoints Godwin VP Morris Godwin has been named vice president, Intermodal Services, for Unicon International, a San Francisco-based company providing information-driven solu- tions and services for the trans- portation industry. Prior to accepting this latest appointment, Mr. Godwin served as director of Operations for APL's Intermodal Marketing division. Jeff Carter has been named manager of the Americas region for the company's new interactive equipment exchange service. The service is called The Intermodal Exchange, and is an advanced internet system that pro- vides equipment owners, brokers and end users with an efficient method for purchasing and selling equipment. For the past five years, Mr. Carter has served as director of Sales and Projects for a container brokerage firm. SNAME Elects O'Neil As President The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has elected David A. O'Neil as president of the society for a term beginning January 1, 1997. He is a former naval and merchant marine engineering officer, and current president of Seaworthy Systems, Inc., a naval architec- ture and marine engineering firm, which he founded in 1973. Mr. O'Neil will succeed Pat Philips in his SNAME office. Stealth Propulsion Names CEO Wendell Minnick was recently named chairman and CEO of Stealth Propulsion International, Ltd. of La Jolla, Calif., manufac- turers of a ringed propeller line called RingProp. Mr. Minnick's company-building experience includes several years of marine hardware and sailboat manufac- turing in Asia. Stealth is currently introducing some of its technological break- throughs in ringed propellers in a Florida test market. The compa- ny is focusing on producing mod- els for higher horsepower out- boards. Slickbar President Announces Retirement Russell M. Blair, president and 27-year veteran of Slickbar Products Corp., has announced his retirement. He will continue (Continued on page 100) Maritime Reporter/Engineering News WE BUILD BOATS. TANK BARGES DREDGES HIGH SPEED PASSENGER VESSELS We Started Out Building Boats Over 50 Years Ago... and We're Still Building Them. Work boats . . . crewboats . . . ferry boats . . . fishing boats . . . supply boats ... tug boats . . . hovercraft ... All types of boats, we'll build them if you need them. In 1938 we started building boats on the Mississippi River across from New Orleans. Today, with boat-building know-how accumulated over those 56 years, we're still building boats . . . better boats . . . faster boats . . . lighter boats . . . but, above all Avondale-built boats. Even if you're only thinking about the need for a boat, contact us and let the Boat Division's team talk with you about design and engineering of a boat with Avondale reliability from keel to stack. A HOVERCRAFT GAMING BOATS SUPPLY BOATS LINE BOATS Avondale Boat Division Contact Barry Heaps 400 River Road Westwego, Louisiana 70094 (504) 436-3322 FAX (504) 436-3363 AVONDALE IN THE BEGINNING Circle 213 on Reader Service Card
