James A. Lash elected as a director of The Penn Traffic Company.SYRACUSE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996--The Penn Traffic Company announced today the election of James A. Lash as a Director of the Company. Mr. Lash is a private investor and has been a consultant to Penn Traffic since 1987. Currently he is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Reading Tube Corporation, a manufacturer of copper water tubing. During the 1960's he worked on the Apollo Program at the MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Laboratories and the Boeing Company. In the 1970's and the early 1980's he was a management consultant including a period as Director of Management Consulting Operations at Touche Ross & Co. in New York. Mr. Lash received his Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau and Astronautical Engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and his MBA MBAabbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Tulane University. "We are very pleased about the addition of Jim Lash to our Board of Directors. His proven business judgement will enable him to be an important contributor to Penn Traffic," stated Gary D. Hirsch, Chairman of the Board of The Penn Traffic Company. The Penn Traffic Company is one of the leading food retailers in the eastern United States, operating 267 supermarkets in Pennsylvania, upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. , Ohio and West Virginia under the "Big Bear," "Big Bear Plus," "Bi-Lo Foods," "Insalaco's," "P&C Foods," "Quality Markets," and "Riverside Markets" trade names. Penn Traffic also operates wholesale food distribution businesses serving 119 licensed franchises and 111 independent operators. CONTACT: The Penn Traffic Co., Syracuse Gary D. Hirsch Chairman of the Board 914/921-3000 or Martin A. Fox Vice Chairman-Finance 914/921-3000 |
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