ORANGE COUNTY

Al M. Novacek, corporate credit and accounts payable manager at EECO Inc. in Santa Ana, has been named chairman of the Credit Manager’s Assn. of Southern California, replacing F.D. Collins.

Novacek joined EECO, an electronics firm, in September of 1979. Previously he was corporate credit manager for R.V. Weatherford Co., an electronic component and equipment maker based in Glendale.

He has been on the Credit Manager Assn.’s board for the past 10 years.