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Stephen W. Dick is a native of Lewiston, Maine and graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1971. He began his career at Tidewater that same year. He served as a deck officer on board various vessels in Tidewater’s Offshore Towing Division. In 1973, Dick was promoted to Port Captain in the Supply Vessel Division, and in 1974, he transferred to Nigeria in the same position. In 1975, he was appointed Area Operations Manager in Revenna, Italy. He held this post until 1979 when he was promoted Area Manager for Tidewater’s activities in Brazil. From 1981 until 1983 Dick was living in Dubai and serving as Tidewater’s Regional Vice President of the Middle East and India. In 1986, Dick relocated to Morgan City, Louisiana and was promoted to Manager of Tidewater’s Offshore Towing Division. Dick was elected as a Vice President of Tidewater Inc. in 1990. He was promoted to Senior Vice President of Tidewater Inc. in 1996 with supervisory responsibilities overseeing the Company’s activities in the North Sea and West Africa from Aberdeen, Scotland. In 2001, Dick was elected Executive Vice President of Tidewater Inc and assumed responsibility for Tidewater’s domestic divisions. Dick received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant in 1975. In addition, he was appointed by the U.S. Department of Transportation to serve on the Towing and Safety Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1988. He is married to the former Claire Ledoux, also from Lewiston, Maine, and they have four children. | 