Union College News

The Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved the appointments of new directors for the Port of Long Beach’s Finance, Surveys and Transportation Planning divisions. Maurina Lee, previously the Harbor Department’s controller, will become the Director of Finance. She has been controller since March of last year and was previously finance manager for the city of Downey from 2006 to 2015. The Finance Division oversees an annual budget that is $829 million this fiscal year. It is part of the Finance and Administration Bureau. Robert Seidel, who has been the Port of Long Beach’s chief surveyor since 2006, will be the new Director of Surveys.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has donated $5,000 toward construction of a memorial to the Navy submarine 'USS Thresher'. The company has made this donation in memory of two employees who perished when the Thresher sank in the Atlantic Ocean 50 years ago. Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine employees Kenneth R. Corcoran and Donald T. Stadtmuller were performing work on the Thresher's gyroscope when the submarine sank during deep-diving tests approximately 200 miles off New England in April 1963. All 129 military crewmen and civilian technicians onboard perished.

L-3 Communications announced that its Klein Associates, Inc. division (L-3 Klein) has appointed Rick Morton as Sales Manager for their Side Scan Sonar Systems. Working with other members of the Klein team, Mr. Morton will be responsible for implementing Klein’s strategy to multiply its sales of domestic and international Side Scan and Multi-Beam Sonar Systems. With over 10 years experience in hydrographic and oceanographic markets, both as a salesman and in the field, Mr. Morton is ideally suited to further expand and enhance Klein’s valued customer network. Mr. Morton was most recently with Reson, Inc. in Goleta, CA as an Area Sales Manager responsible for Multi-beam and Single beam Sonar sales in the eastern half of North America.