Norman Gentry

Norman Gentry, 40, now oversees the day-to-day management and operations of Gentry Pacific Ltd., the general partner of Gentry Investment Properties and Gentry Properties in Hawaii, and Gentry Investments in California.

"I'll be in charge of the asset side of our business and try to bring those to fruition. We have several things in the pipeline but I can't talk about them right now," he said.

The younger Gentry also is president of Tom Gentry California Co., a residential and industrial development firm; the chief executive officer of Grand Marina Inc., which owns and operates a 400-berth marina in Alameda, Calif.; and a board director of Gentry Homes Ltd., which has built 13,000 homes over the past 30 years.

He takes over leadership of Gentry Pacific Ltd. after a company restructuring that had Joe Ramia moving from president to board chairman of Gentry Homes and Norman Dyer being promoted from executive vice president to president and chief executive officer of the housing operations.

Tom Gentry is being cared for at home following a speed-boat accident in Florida on Nov. 13, 1994.