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Iwerks Entertainment adds new director.


BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1995--Iwerks Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:IWRK), the world leader in motion simulation theaters, Wednesday announced that Paula T. Douglass has joined the company's board of directors, bringing the board to six members.

Douglass, who is chairman and chief executive officer of Houston-based DOVA DOVA Department of Veterans Affairs
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 Production and Entertainment Co., also serves on the boards of Equus Corp. International and Equus Capital Management Corp. Equus Capital is a registered investment adviser that provides management and investment services to public and institutional investment funds Noun 1. investment funds - money that is invested with an expectation of profit
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assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
. Douglass is an attorney formerly with Fulbright & Jaworski.

Commenting on Douglass' appointment, Iwerks Entertainment Iwerks Entertainment was founded in 1985 by Stan Kinsey and Don Iwerks, two former Disney Executives, and became well known through 1996 as a leading developer of special venue and virtual reality theaters throughout the world.  Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Stanley B. Kinsey said, "Paula is a highly accomplished executive with strong experience in the entertainment business, and I am confident that she will make a valuable contribution to our efforts to build Iwerks' stature in the marketplace."

Iwerks Entertainment is one of the leading producers of movie-based specialty theaters, simulation rides, virtual reality technologies and associated software for the out-of-home entertainment market. The company designs and installs special-venue movie theaters around the world, primarily in theme parks, world's fairs This is a list of world's fairs, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) see List of world expositions. , museums and visitors' centers.

CONTACT: Iwerks Entertainment Inc., Burbank

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