Veliotis To Manage
Electric Boat Div.
General Dynamics Corporation
has announced that P. Takis Ve-
liotis has been named general
manager of its Electric Boat Di-
vision, Groton, Conn., the compa-
ny's largest operating component.
Gorden E. MacDonald, who has
been serving as acting general
manager at Electric Boat, will re-
turn to the General Dynamics
corporate office in St. Louis, Mo.,
where he will resume his regular
duties as corporate executive vice
president-finance.
Peter J. Gwyn, who has been
assistant general manager at the
Quincy Shipbuilding Division, will
serve as acting general manager
of the Quincy Division.
Mr. Veliotis, president and for-
merly general manager of the
Quincy Shipbuilding Division
(Quincy, Mass.) of General Dy-
namics Corporation, is a vice pres-
ident of the corporation.
Prior to joining General Dy-
namics, Mr. Veliotis held the po-
sition of president and general
manager of Davie Shipbuilding
Ltd. in Quebec, Canada. Begin-
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ning with Davie as an engineer-
ing draftsman, Mr. Veliotis held
several key shipbuilding engi-
neering and management posi-
tions and was responsible for the
building of more than 70 ships,
ranging from bulk carriers, tank-
ers, freighters, drilling rigs, and
icebreakers, to naval vessels.
P. Takis Veliotis
Mr. Veliotis was born in Greece
and earned degrees at St. Pauls
College, the Royal Naval College
and the National University, Ath-
ens. During World War II, he
served as an officer with H.M.
Royal Navy, Middle East Fleet.
At the end of the war, he was
decorated in recognition of war
services by the late King Paul
and Queen Frederika of Greece.
Following his military service,
Mr. Veliotis was employed as an
engineer in his father's company,
E.G. Veliotis, Shipowners Ltd. He
is married to the former Paulette
Dupuis, daughter of Col. Alex-
ander Dupuis, and together with
a son and daughter, they reside
in Milton, Mass.
He is a member of the U.S.
Naval Institute, the Navy League
of the United States, American
Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Reg-
ister of Shipping, The Society of
Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers, The Propeller Club (Port
of Boston), and the Shipbuilders
Council of America, of which he
is a director.
Transocean Contractors
Appoints Executives
Transocean Contractors, Inc.,
Post Office Box 2352, Morgan
City, La. 70380, have announced
the following appointments.
Michael (Don) Eckert is the
new projects engineer and will
be assisting Eugene Weber, the
executive vice president; Danny
Curtis has been appointed as sales
manager of their Lafayette, La.,
office; Ivan Jones has been ap-
pointed manager of the Anchor
Handling Division; Harold Trahan
holds the position of assistant
manager of Anchor Handling, and
Don Holland has been promoted
to assistant manager of the Con-
struction Division.
Transocean Contractors, Inc.
capabilities include offshore pipe-
line installation and repair, sal-
vage operations and general off-
shore work. Rig moves, mooring
spreads, platform maintenance,
overseas loadouts, and a host of
other oil-field duties are within
their realm of activities.
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