Benthos appoints new chairman, treasurer.NORTH FALMOUTH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1996--Benthos Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BTHS BTHS Brooklyn Technical High School BTHS Barth Syndrome BTHS Bartram Trail High School (Jacksonville, Florida) BTHS Brick Township High School (New Jersey) ) announced today that its board of directors has elected Dr. Stephen D. Fantone chairman and Francis E. Dunne, Jr. treasurer of the corporation. Fantone is the founder and president of Optikos Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.), a privately held engineering firm that specializes in optical product design and instrumentations. He has been a director of Benthos benthos: see marine biology. , Inc. since 1995 and succeeds Samuel O. Raymond, founder of the company and chairman since 1985. Raymond, who also served as chairman form 1965-1982, will now assume the tile of chairman emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. and director of research. John L. Coughlin, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. stated, "As a director, Fantone has devoted much time to Benthos. His experience in product design and development had been invaluable. We are truly fortunate to have him as chairman and I look forward to working with him." Dunne joined Benthos as chief financial officer in December 1996. Prior to that he was the CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of the Kinney Vacuum Co. (Canton, Mass.), a division of General Signal Corp. The Benthos board of directors also designated April 11, 1997 for a Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held in lieu of its 1997 Annual Meeting. Benthos designs, manufactures, sells, and services oceanographic and robotic equipment for underwater and exploration and research; and TapTone inspection systems for testing the seal integrity of consumer containers made of glass, metal, or plastic. The common stock of the company trades on the Nasdaq SmallCap market under the symbol BTHS. CONTACT: Benthos Inc. Peter Zentz, John L. Coughlin 508/563-1000 http://www.benthos.com |
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