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Airgas Appoints Roger Millay Chief Financial Officer.


RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999--

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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) announced the appointment of Roger F. Millay as senior vice president and chief financial officer effective on November 29, 1999. Mr. Millay succeeds Scott Melman who will be assuming a new role at Airgas.

"We are thankful for Scott's many contributions not only as CFO See Chief Financial Officer.  but throughout his thirteen-year career at Airgas," commented Peter McCausland, chairman and chief executive officer. "Both Scott and I agreed that this change was in the best interest of Airgas and him personally. Scott's new position will be formalized for·mal·ize  
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 during the next several weeks.

"The appointment of Roger concludes an external search for a candidate with proven success in a CFO role. Roger has served as CFO of three autonomous business units within General Electric where he has developed a broad range of financial and leadership skills. We want to welcome Roger to our management team and we look forward to his many contributions in the future."

Prior to joining Airgas, Mr. Millay, age 42, was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Transport International Pool, a $2 billion division of General Electric Capital Corporation. Other positions during his twelve-year career at GE included chief financial officer roles at GE Capital Mexico and Colony Advisors, Inc., a GE Capital joint venture. Mr. Millay was employed by Citicorp and Arthur Young Arthur Young is the name of several notable people
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Airgas is the largest distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases and related equipment and the third largest distributor of safety supplies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Airgas' integrated distributor network consists of approximately 700 locations including branches, packaged gas fill plants, distribution centers and inbound and outbound telemarketing operations. Airgas can be visited on the Internet at www.airgas.com.
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