R.H. Donnelley Elects Peter J. McDonald to Its Board of Directors.Business Editors PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2001 The board of directors of R.H. Donnelley Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RHD), a leading marketer of yellow pages advertising, today elected Peter J. McDonald Peter J. McDonald (born July 16, 1912 in Cartwright, Manitoba; died in Victoria B.C. in1971) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1966. , 50, as a director of the company. McDonald most recently served as president and chief executive officer of SBC Directory Operations, where he led the $4.5 billion yellow pages businesses for SBC's Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech and SNET n. 1. The fat of a deer. v. t. 1. The clear of mucus; to blow. units. "We are delighted to have Peter with us on the R.H. Donnelley board," said Frank R. Noonan, chairman and chief executive officer of Donnelley. "His knowledge of the company and the business will make him a valued counselor." The number of directors on Donnelley's board remains unchanged at eight, Darius W. Gaskins gas·kin n. 1. The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock. 2. gaskins Obsolete Galligaskins. [Probably short for galligaskins.] , Jr., having stepped down today. McDonald was president and chief executive officer of Ameritech Publishing's yellow pages business from 1994 to 1999, when Ameritech was acquired by SBC. He headed Ameritech's yellow pages business in the five-state region in the upper Midwest and was instrumental in the launch of Ameritech Interactive Media and Ameritech Interactive Media Services Ameritech Interactive Media Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of AT&T[1] that provides AT&T Yahoo!-branded Internet services to AT&T customers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. , which provided Internet services to consumers and businesses. McDonald was president and chief executive officer of DonTech, the perpetual partnership between Ameritech and R.H. Donnelley, from 1993 to 1994. Before that, he served in a variety of sales positions at R.H. Donnelley, after beginning his career at National Telephone Directory Corporation. McDonald serves on the boards of CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) , an Internet development company, and DCCI DCCI Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry DCCI Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Bangladesh) DCCI N,n'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide DCCI Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry DCCI Defense Cyber Crime Institute , a Canadian call-measurement company. He is also a past vice chairman of the Yellow Pages Publishers Association. McDonald received a B.S. in marketing from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Company Description R.H. Donnelley is a leading marketer of yellow pages advertising. The company's businesses include relationships with SBC and Sprint, as well as its pre-press publishing facility in Raleigh, N.C., and its investment in ChinaBig. For more information, please visit Donnelley at www.rhd.com. |
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