Charles S. Francis has been named executive secretary of the American Merchant Marine Library Association, according to an announcement by Mrs. George Emlen Roosevelt, chairman of the association's board of trustees. Mr. Francis, who succeeds the late William P. Bollman III, is a former member of the public relations staff of American Export Lines, and was also active in public relations activities for the American Merchant Marine Institute and the Propeller Club of the United States, Port of New York.
The association, headquartered at 45 Broadway, New York City, was established in 1921 to assure American seamen of a ready supply of reading material on voyages.