CHAMBER HEAD TO RESIGN : LESHER TO DEPART AFTER 22 YEARS WITH TRADE FEDERATION.Byline: John Cunniff John Cunniff (b. South Boston, Massachusetts 9 July1944, d. 10 May2002) was an American NHL hockey coach and former professional player who appeared in 65 World Hockey Association regular reasons games between 1972 and 1976. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Richard L. Lesher, who greatly expanded the political influence of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. during a 22-year tenure as its president, announced his resignation Monday. Lesher, 63, said that after two decades as the day-to-day operating head of the chamber, which describes itself as the world's largest business federation, he desired time to write, serve on more corporate boards and do volunteer work. The decision was announced in Washington after a directors meeting, but Lesher said he had considered the move for months and that no single incident led to it. It is to take effect later this year. The chamber announced it has started to search for a successor. Lesher already serves on three corporate boards and said he was discussing joining three more, and expected to be involved in the privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned of the Letterkenny Army Depot Letterkenny Army Depot, the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in 1942. The depot is under the command structure of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). , a Chambersberg, Pa.-area, military installation, within a few miles of where he was raised. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Richard Lesher More time to write |
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