David Melcher has been appointed president of ITT Defense Electronics & Services, White Plains, N.Y. He was head of strategy, business development and international sales. Melcher succeeds Hank Driesse, who was acting president. Gretchen Mc-Clain has become president of ITT Fluid and Motion Control. She was president of ITT Fluid Technology. David Turnbull (see photo) has been appointed chairman of Seabury Aviation & Aerospace Asia (Hong Kong) Ltd. He was chairman of Swire Pacific Ltd. and had been CEO/chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways. Turnbull remains executive chairman of Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. Brad Tilden has been named president of Alaska Airlines. He was chief financial officer/executive vice president-finance and planning of the Alaska Air Group. He will be succeeded by Glenn Johnson, who was the airline's executive vice president-customer service, airports, and maintenance and engineering. Ben Minicucci has become the airline's chief operating officer/executive vice president-operations. He was vice president-Seattle operations. Andrew Harrison has been appointed group vice president-planning and revenue management. He was managing director of planning.
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