CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ELECTS LAWRENCE A. BOSSIDY TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.STAMFORD Stamford, town, England Stamford, town (1991 pop. 18,127), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Welland River. It is a market town. Products include diesel engines, electrical equipment, bricks, and tiles. , CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 19, 1995--Champion International Corporation today announced that Lawrence A. Bossidy has been elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Bossidy is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AlliedSignal Inc., which he joined in 1991. From 1957 to 1991, he served in various executive and financial positions, including Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, at General Electric Company. He also is a director of Merck & Co., Inc. The company's Board of Directors consists of 13 members, ten of whom are outside directors. Champion is one of America's leading manufacturers of paper for business communications, commercial printing, publications, and newspapers. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 119,261, making it the fourth largest city in the state. , the company owns or manages more than five million acres of forestlands 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. and is also a major manufacturer of market pulp, plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. , and lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to . CONTACT: Mary E. Green, 203/358-7900 |
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