AmeriGas Promotes Two Executives.VALLEY FORGE Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1999-- AmeriGas Propane, Inc., general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L. P. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :APU APU Azusa Pacific University APU Auxiliary Power Unit APU Alaska Pacific University APU Asia Pacific University (Japan) APU American Public University APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) ), today announced the promotion of Eugene V. N. Bissell to the position of Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing and R. Paul Grady to the position of Senior Vice President - Operations effective October 1. Bissell, 46, will be responsible for sales & marketing, finance, legal, corporate development, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and PPX PPX Parallel Port Multiplexor PPX Popular Science Predictions eXchange (Popular Science magazine) PPX Point to Point Switching PPX Posture Planning Express (tm), AmeriGas' prefilled propane cylinder exchange program. He joined AmeriGas in 1995 as vice president - sales and operations for the southern division following eight years in senior sales positions with a national marketer of industrial gases. Bissell had been director of corporate development for UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI UGI abbr. upper gastrointestinal (as in series) ) from 1985 to 1987. Grady, 46, will be responsible for field operations, supply, and new business development. He joined AmeriGas in 1995 as vice president - sales and operations for the northern division. In 1990, Grady joined UGI as director of corporate development and became vice president of corporate development in 1994. Lon R. Greenberg, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AmeriGas, said, "Gene and Paul have made numerous, excellent contributions to the AmeriGas organization and we wish them continued success in their new assignments." AmeriGas Partners is the nation's largest retail propane marketer, operating from more than 600 district location in 46 states. UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI), through subsidiaries, owns 58% of the Partnership and individual unitholders own the remaining 42%. Comprehensive information about AmeriGas is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.amerigas.com. |
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