LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from May 17, 1988

Thomas D. Burson has been appointed vice president and deputy general manager for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics in Huntington Beach, a division of McDonnell Douglas. In 26 years with McDonnell Douglas, Burson has served in a variety of marketing, business and general management capacities, including vice president-senior executive for the Monrovia facility and most recently as vice president-business management.