Edwin J. Petersen has been elected vice president-programs and resources for the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. His new and expanded duties include broad overall responsibility for all aspects of the FFG program, including post shakedown availabilities, the DDGX program, Navy overhauls, industrial engineering and facility planning, management information services, and the yard development projects. Mr. Petersen will continue to report to H.K. Schaefer, vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Division.
In a further move to strengthen Todd's West Coast operations, John B. O'Hara has been elected vice president-industrial relations to coordinate Todd's posture in this area between the Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Divisions. While he retains his present responsibilities as director of industrial relations for the Los Angeles Division, he assumes additional duties to guide and standardize the industrial relations aspects for the other two divisions in the areas of labor relations, safety, workers' compensation, affirmative action, OSHA, and training programs. Mr. O'Hara will continue to report to H.K. Schaefer with respect to the Los Angeles Division's industrial relations matters, and to C.R. Meurk, Todd's corporate vice president, West Coast operations, in matters relating to the Seattle and San Francisco Divisions.