Century Communications names Scott N. Schneider chief financial officer.NEW CANAAN New Canaan (kā`nən), town (1990 pop. 17,864), Fairfield co., SW Conn.; settled c.1700, inc. 1801. It is mainly a residential town and suburb of nearby New York City. Silvermine Guild Arts Center is located there. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1996--Century Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CTYA) announced today that Scott N. Schneider, currently senior vice president and treasurer, has been named Century's chief financial officer. Schneider, who is a member of Century's board of directors, has been with Century for 14 years. He was educated at Pace University in Westchester County, New York '' Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. It was named after Chester, in England, and the county seat is White Plains. . Upon graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. , he joined Touche Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche) where he served in both auditing and consulting capacities until 1982, when he joined Century as controller. Subsequent promotions to vice president, treasurer and senior vice president followed. "Scott has been an invaluable member of the Century senior management team and the chief architect of Century's highly diverse and flexible capital structure which has evolved in recent years," said Leonard Tow, Century chairman and chief executive. Bernard Gallagher, Century's president added," Mr. Schneider has proven himself as among the most capable financial executives in our industry." Schneider also serves as chief financial officer, treasurer and a member of the board of directors of Centennial Cellular Corp. (NASDAQ:CYCL). Schneider will continue in his capacity as a senior vice president and treasurer of both Century and Centennial. Scott and his wife Kathy live with their two daughters in Ridgefield, Conn. Century owns and operates 70 cable television systems in 25 states and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. serving in excess of 1,250,000 subscribers. Century, through its 30% owned subsidiary, Centennial Cellular Corp. (NASDAQ:CYCL), owns, operates and invests in wireless telephone systems throughout 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 Puerto Rico. Centennial's current wireless telephone interests represent a population coverage in excess of 10 million, with over 150,000 subscribers. CONTACT: Century Communications Corp., New Canaan William Kraus, 203/972-2000 |
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