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Obituary: Adm. James Steele Gracey Admiral James Steele Gracey
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Admiral James Steele Gracey, USCG (retired), 17th Commandant of the Coast Guard, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Falls Church, Va., at the age of 92. Born in Newton, Mass. in 1927, Adm. Gracey graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1949 and Harvard Graduate School in 1956. His career included diverse tours both ashore and afloat, culminating with his role as Coast Guard Commandant from 1982 until his retirement in 1986. Adm. Gracey is survived by his wife of almost 71 years, their daughter and son, three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter.
Reiss to Lead NOAA’s OPC NOAA has selected Arthur John “A.J.” Reiss, as the director of NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) in College Park, Maryland. OPC provides marine forecasts and critical decision support services for mariners, ensuring the safety of lives and vessels at sea by alerting to hazards like hurricane-force winds and high seas.
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Marine Jet Power (MJP) announced Cole Merritt and Peter Gonzalez have joined its business development team in the Americas. Merritt is Sales Manager responsible for OEM sales in North, South and Central America, and Gonzalez is as Aftermarket Sales
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and Training Manager responsible for aftermarket sales and training in the Americas region.
Thrustmaster Hires Fisher Carl Fisher joins Thrustmaster of Texas as Government Sales Manager, focused on expanding the US Government market for Thrustmaster propulsion systems and technologies.
Callan Marine Names New COO Callan Marine has hired Arie van den Adel as its new Chief Operating Officer. A 30-year veteran of the dredging industry, van den Adel has served as a Dredging Operations Consultant since 2018, managing a great variety of dredging projects around the globe.
AEGIR-Marine Taps de Lange as Managing Director AEGIR-Marine has appointed Jaap de Lange as Managing Director. de Lange, who comes from a role at Damen Shipyards, will start his new role on June 15, succeeding Peter Zoeteman, who has served as a Managing Director ad interim since September 2019.
Gibbs & Cox Hires Hobbs Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox announced Brian Hobbs has joined the company as Chief Information Officer. In his new role, Hobbs will provide executive leadership and oversight of the full spectrum of corporate information technology infrastructure, security, end user services, people and processes. May 2020
