Captain Marcus To
Chair Advisory Board
Marine Index Bureau
Bruno J. Augenti, president of
the Marine Index Bureau, Inc.,
New York, N.Y., an industry-wide
agency established in 1937 which
records illnesses and injuries of
seamen, has announced the ap-
pointment of Capt. Edmund Marc-
us, manager of industrial relations,
Gulf Oil Corporation, as the new
chairman of the advisory board of
the bureau.
Two new appointments to the
board, John N. Dempsey Jr., vice-
president, States Marine Lines,
Inc., and Capt. Adrian P. Spidle,
vice-president, Prudential-Grace
Lines, Inc., were also announced
by the bureau's president.
Capt. Marcus replaces Walter H.
Husted of States Marine-Isthmian
Agency, Inc.. who recently retired
from the maritime industry. Other
members of the bureau's advisory
board include: Hubert F. Carr,
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.; D.
H. Klinges, Calmar Steamship Co.;
George W. Kunz, American Export
Freight, Inc.; Capt. R.N. LePage,
Farrell Lines, Inc.; George A.
Peterson, United States Lines,
Inc.; and C. Eugene Spitz, Sea-
Land Service, Inc.
In making the two announce-
ments, Mr. Augenti stated, "I am
certain that the new chairman and
the two newly-elected members
will greatly enhance the Marine
Index Bureau's efforts to better
serve the American Maritime In-
dustry."
Engelhard Industries
Appoints Cooling VP
W. Colebrook Cooling
W. Colebrook Cooling has been
appointed a vice-president by the
Engelhard Industries Division,
Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals
Corporation.
Mr. Cooling is manager of Engel-
hard's instruments and systems de-
partment, which produces cathodic
protection systems for ships, boats,
and industries where corrosion is
a problem, and precision thermo-
couples for a wide variety of in-
dustries.
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Names William Maki
Marine Superintendent
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Cleveland Tankers, the largest
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which has headquarters in Ash-
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maintenance and repair of the com-
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construction as it pertains to com-
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A 1945 graduate of the United
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Guard after more than 20 years of
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such positions as Assistant to Of-
ficer in Charge, Marine Inspection,
Long Beach, Calif.; Chief Engi-
neer of the United States Coast
Guard cutters Winnebago and
Matagorda; and Assistant Chief,
Merchant Marine Safety Division,
Cleveland.
A native of Plainsville, Ohio,
Mr. Maki is a member of The So-
ciety of Naval Architects and Ma-
rine Engineers.
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