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DATE: Tuesday, April 25, 1995                TAG: 9504250301
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: BRIEFS
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

COA OFFICIAL APPOINTED

David R. Griffin of Camden County has been named the new assistant to the president at College of The Albemarle.

Griffin, who also will serve as executive director for the COA Foundation, will begin work May 15.

Griffin has been northeastern district manager for the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management since July 1987.

He also has served as a science instructor for the Currituck County schools and has worked for the Florida Sea Grant Extension Program and the Bay County Extension Service in Panama City, Fla.

Griffin has a bachelor of science degree in zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree in biological oceanography from Florida State University. by CNB