Lanier Named Marine
Operations Manager At
Martin Logicon Energy
The management of Martin
Logicon Energy Company of Pine
Bluff and North Little Rock, Ark.,
has announced the appointment of
Roger L. Lanier as marine oper-
ations manager. He succeeds Capt.
Herman Pardue, who recently re-
signed. Mr. Lanier joined the com-
pany in January of this year.
Coastal States Trading
Appoints Three New
Vice Presidents
Three vice presidents have been
elected by Coastal States Trading,
Inc., a subsidiary of The Coastal
Corporation, the Houston-based
energy supply company.
Jorge Chamot will serve as vice
president responsible for South
American crude oil supply and
marketing in the transport and
supply division. He joined Coastal
in 1977 as manager of South
American operations in the crude
oil division and was later elected
assistant vice president of Coastal
States Trading, Inc.
Clyde B. Meltzer has been elect-
ed vice president responsible for
domestic crude oil supply and mar-
keting. Previously with Shell Oil
for nine years, he joined Coastal's
loss control division in 1977. Fol-
lowing his transfers to foreign
and domestic crude oil trading op-
erations, he was named manager
of domestic crude oil trading.
Rick Sell will serve as vice pres-
ident responsible for foreign crude
supply and marketing. He worked
for Champlin Petroleum Company
and La Gloria Oil and Gas before
joining Coastal in 1978.
Perry Nelson Named
Executive VP At
M. Rosenblatt & Son
Perry W. Nelson
Lester Rosenblatt, president
and chairman of the board of M.
Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., New York,
has announced the promotion of
Perry W. Nelson to executive vice
president. A graduate of the U.S.
Naval Academy, Mr. Nelson re-
ceived his master's degree in na-
val architecture from the Webb
Institute of Naval Architecture,
and attended the Advanced Man-
agement Program at the Harvard
Business School.
Before joining the Rosenblatt
firm in 1975, Mr. Nelson spent 30
years in the U.S. Navy. His tours
of duty included: five years at
sea in destroyers; shipyard wa-
terfront superintendent, project
manager for preliminary design
of destroyers and hydrofoils; sys-
tems analyst, Office of the Secre-
tary of Defense; director of Navy
new ship design (NAVSEC) ; and
commanding officer of the David
W. Taylor Naval Ship Research
and Development Center.
Hudsick Named Economic
Services Director At
Port Of Portland
Clifford A. Hudsick, Port of
Portland manager of planning and
research, has been named director
of the port's newly created Eco-
nomic Services Department, ex-
ecutive director Lloyd Anderson
announced.
In his new position, Mr. Hud-
sick will oversee the activities of
the port's Economic Development,
Legal, and Grants Administration
divisions. In addition, he will have
responsibility for the port's indus-
trial development revenue bond-
ing function.
He has served in his present
position since 1978; he joined the
port as planning manager in 1974.
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