ORANGE COUNTY

Pacific Scientific Co. said Thursday that its president, Edgar S. Brower, 55, has been named chief executive officer, succeeding Harry R. Goff, the company’s chairman.

Goff, 70, who has been CEO for 16 months, will continue as chairman of the Anaheim electronics and aerospace products company.

Brower, whose promotion is effective Jan. 1, joined Pacific Scientific as president and chief operating officer in June. He was previously a corporate group vice president of Allied Corp. He also is a former assistant postmaster general of the U.S.