Central Newspapers Elects Two New Directors; Succeeding Dan Quayle and Eugene S. Pulliam.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999--The board of directors of Central Newspapers, Inc. today announced the election of Kathryn L. Munro and Myrta Pulliam Myrta Jane Pulliam (born June 20, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is the granddaughter of Eugene C. Pulliam, former publisher of the Indianapolis Star, and the daughter of Eugene S. Pulliam, Star publisher from 1975 to 1999. as new directors. They succeed Dan Quayle, who resigned from the board earlier this year to campaign for the U.S. presidential nomination, and Eugene S. Pulliam Eugene Smith Pulliam (September 7 1914 - January 20 1999) was the publisher of the "Indianapolis Star" and the "Indianapolis News" from 1975 until his death. Pulliam began his journalism career as a child, delivering "The Lebanon Reporter" and "The Indianapolis News. , who died in January of this year. Ms. Munro is currently a partner in the newly formed Tahoma Venture Fund. Previously she was chief executive officer of Bank of America's Southwest Banking Group. She moved to Arizona in 1994 as president of Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Arizona and also served on their board. For 14 years prior to moving to Arizona, Ms. Munro held various senior positions with Seafirst Bank in Seattle, Washington. In February 1999, Ms. Munro was presented the "Dreamer" award - given to a private sector leader who had a significant impact on the Development of Phoenix. In 1998 she was named "Woman of the Year", by Arizona Women's Today, and for the third consecutive year she was named among the top ten most influential leaders in Phoenix by The Business Journal. Ms. Pulliam, is currently director of Electronic News and Information for Indianapolis Newspapers Inc., which publishes the Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News, a part of the Central Newspapers, Inc. Ms. Pulliam started at the Indianapolis Star in 1970 where she held a variety of positions, the most recent as assistant managing editor/news. She was a member of the Indianapolis Star's investigative team that won a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, for its stories on police corruption. She is the daughter of the late Eugene S. Pulliam and the granddaughter of Eugene C. Pulliam Eugene Collins Pulliam (May 3, 1889 - June 23, 1975) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman who was the founder and longtime president of Central Newspapers Inc., a multi-billion dollar media corporation. , the company's founder. Prior to her work in Indianapolis, she was a feature writer for the San Diego Evening Tribune. Central Newspapers is a media and information company involved primarily in newspaper publishing and related businesses. Its largest operations include The Arizona Republic and The Indianapolis Star & News. Central Newspapers' stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors ECP (Enhanced Capabilities Port) See IEEE 1284. 1. ECP - Engineering Change Proposal. 2. ECP - Enhanced Capabilities Port. 3. ECP - Extended Capabilities Port. 4. ECP - Extended Concurrent Prolog. . |
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