Fred W. Beltz Jr.
Elected Vice President
DeLaval Turbine Inc.
Donald T. Bixby, president, De-
Laval Turbine Inc., announced
that Fred W. Beltz Jr. was elected
vice president by the board of di-
rectors on May 24, 1978.
A 29-year DeLaval veteran, Mr.
Beltz has served in a number of
assignments within the organiza-
tion. Prior to his appointment in
1970 as the general manager of
DeLaval's Condenser and Filter
Division, Florence, N.J., Mr. Beltz
had served five years as manager
of the Service and Repair Depart-
ment at the Turbine Division. On
January 1, 1978, DeLaval consoli-
dated its Energy Products Divi-
sions in Trenton, N.J., and Mr.
Beltz was selected as general man-
ager of the newly formed Turbine
and Compressor Division. In con-
junction with the consolidation,
Mr. Beltz will direct a $24-million
program for new facilities and
machinery. The program is sched-
uled for completion by 1980, with
$8 million slated for 1978.
Mr. Beltz recently served as the
president of the Heat Exchange
Institute (HEI), which is an as-
sociation composed of the major
manufacturers of heat exchangers
for the utility industry. The
"standards" established by the
HEI are recognized throughout
the engineering world.
Fred W. Beltz Jr.
The Philadelphia Section of The
Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers (SNAME) re-
cently elected Mr. Beltz as its
chairman for 1977-78. Mr. Beltz,
who has been active in the Soci-
ety since 1944, is the latest in a
long series of DeLaval vice presi-
dents to be elected to the Phila-
delphia chairmanship, starting
with Hans G. Bauer in the early
'50s, followed by Ivan Monk,
Barton B. Cook Jr., and now Mr.
Beltz.
Pouch To Succeed
Shields As President
Barber Steamship Lines
E.J. Barber, chairman of the
board, Barber Steamship Lines,
Inc., New York, N.Y., has an-
nounced the appointment of Rob-
ert H. Pouch as the next presi-
dent of Barber Steamship Lines,
and as a member of the board of
directors.
Mr. Pouch will succeed William
J. Shields, who will be retiring
October 31, 1978, after 50 years
of service with Barber Steamship
Lines and its subsidiary compa-
nies. Mr. Shields will remain on
the board of Barber Steamship
Lines, Inc. after his retirement
as president.
Barber Steamship Lines was
founded in 1883, and was a pio-
neer in the USA to Far East
trade, with the company being
the first to offer regular sailings
via the Suez Canal. This service,
which now operates under the
trade name Barber Blue Sea, is
a joint venture of Wilh. Wil-
helmsen, Ocean Transport & Trad-
ing Co., Ltd., and the Brostrom
Group.
In addition, Barber Steamship
Lines acts- as agent for Atlant-
trafik Express Service, Nordana
Line, Barber Line and East Asi-
atic Company.
Mr. Pouch is a graduate of the
Maine Maritime Academy and has
served in the merchant marine
and the U.S. Navy. Prior to join-
ing Barber, he served as senior
vice president of United States
Navigation, Inc. He is currently
a director of Pouch Terminal,
Inc., a member of the board of
managers of the Y.M.C.A. of New
York Seamen's House, and holds
elected office as Deputy Mayor
and Trustee of Irvington, N.Y.,
where he resides with his wife
and two children.
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