ATHANAS NAMED PRESIDENT of MAC PANEL
Appointment of
George L. Athanas
as president of the
MAC Panel Divi
sion of Adams-
Millis has been
announced by Pre s.
James H. Millis.
Athanas will
take over MAC
Panel operations
on July 15, replac
ing H. O. Williams
who moves to ex
ecutive duties within the parent corpo
ration.
Athanas was formerly with Honey
well Electronic Data Processing, a
division of Minneapolis-Honeywell, as
branch sales manager in the Detroit
area office. Prior to his five years
with Honeywell, he was associated with
IBM Corporation.
In his new position, Athanas will
assume overall responsibility of MAC
Panel's operations, which include the
manufacture and sales of control panels,
wires and magnetic computer tape, and
the research and development of other
products for electronic data processing
installations. He will also supervise
activities of the company's Original
Equipment Manufacturers Division,
which produces complete programming
systems such as used in equipment em
ployed in the aerospace industry, as
well as coordinate the IvlAC Panel opera
tions of Adams-Millis (Europe), the
corporation's Belgian-based marketing
and manufacturing facility serving
Europe.
Athanas, jet pilot during the Korean
War, holds a B. S. degree in engineer
ing from Princeton University. He is
married, and he and his wife and two
children presently reside in Detroit.
He is a member of the Methodist church
and various civic organizations there.
Concurrent with the announce
ment of Athanas'appointment. Presi
dent Millis announced that Donald V.
Creede, sales manager for MAC
Panel, has been made a vice president
of the company in charge of sales. He
has been in MAC Panel's High Point
office for two years and was formerly
assistant branch manager in the firm's
New York office.
In commenting on the appoint-
rnents. President Millis stated that
Adams-Millis is fortunate in secur
ing a man with the data processing
experience and executive capabilities
that Athanas has to serve as president
of MAC Panel. Athanas and the other
officers of the company--Creede,
vice president of sales; Edward V.
Saude, vice president of production;
and Frank Stewart, manager of mag
netic tape products --form "an ex
tremely strong management team, "
he said, "which is essential in the
highly competitive electronic data
processing field. "
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