Stuart Nixon, publicist, author and former editor, has been named public relations director for American President Lines Passenger Services Inc.
The announcement was made by Warren Titus, president of APL/PSI, which operates luxury President passenger liners in APL's worldwide services from the Port of San Francisco.
Since 1961, Mr. Nixon has been publicity director of the Redwood Empire Association and is widely known in the travel-promotion field. He is the author of a popular pictorial history Redwood Empire, published in 1966.
Prior to 1960, he was editor and publisher of the Fremont (Calif.) News-Register, and has a background in feature and newspaper work. In 1967 he served as chairman of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table, oldest organization of its type in the U.S.
He is president of the Travelers Aid Society of San Francisco, a United Crusade agency.