Boh Dickey promoted to president and chief operating officer.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1996--Boh A. Dickey, 51, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of SAFECO Safeco Corporation (NYSE: SAF) is a major American national insurance company. It has naming rights to the Seattle Mariners' baseball stadium, Safeco Field. Safeco was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1923 by Hawthorne K. Corp. As president and chief operating officer of the corporation he has overall responsibility for its life insurance subsidiaries and the corporation's financial operations, including the mutual fund, credit company, real estate, surety An individual who undertakes an obligation to pay a sum of money or to perform some duty or promise for another in the event that person fails to act. surety n. , investment and Talbot Financial operations. A graduate of the University of Montana in 1966, Dickey joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells, where he became a partner in 1978. In 1982 Dickey joined SAFECO Corp. as vice president and controller. He became chief financial officer of the corporation in 1989. He was appointed executive vice president in 1992 and elected a director of the corporation in 1993. Dickey is active in the community -- participating in organizations emphasizing education and young people. He is a past chair and current board member of both Junior Achievement and the Accounting Career Awareness Program for minority high school students, an organization he co-founded. He is an executive committee member of the boards of the Pacific Science Center The Pacific Science Center is a science museum in Seattle, Washington. Organization Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science museum based in Seattle, Washington. It sits on 7.1 acres of land located on the south side of the Seattle Center. and the Alliance for Education. He is chairman of the finance committee of the University of Washington Medical Center The University of Washington Medical Center is a nationally renowned hospital located in the University District of Seattle, Washington, USA. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine. The 2007 issue of U.S. and board member of United Way of King County. Dickey was named "Humanitarian of the Year" in 1994 by the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and awarded the national silver leadership award from Junior Achievement in 1993. Dickey and his wife, Marilyn, reside in Woodinville, Wash. CONTACT: SAFECO Corp., Seattle Patricia Hillis, 206/545-5771 |
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