TRANSITIONS.Michael Bair, 43, was named chief executive of dsports.com, the online affiliate of the Pittsburgh, PA-based Dick's Sporting Goods Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) is the largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the world. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and has locations in thirty-four states with 314 stores. , a $1 billion retailer. Prior to dsports.com, Bair was president of product management and marketing for Cablevision Systems. * Martin Benante, 47, was named chairman and chief executive of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Curtiss-Wright, a $293 million manufacturer of engineered products for the motion control, flow control, and metal treatment industries. Benante, a career employee of Curtiss-Wright, succeeds David Lasky who remains on the Board of Directors. * Alexander Cutler, 49, was named chairman and chief executive of Cleveland, OH-based Eaton, an $8.4 billion industrial equipment manufacturer. Cutler, the company's president and COO, succeeds Stephen Hardis, who will retire July 2000. * Richard Goldstein, 58, was named chairman and chief executive of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based International Flavors and Fragrances International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) is a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of $1.99 billion in 2005. Major competitors include Firmenich, Givaudan, Quest International and Symrise. , a $1.4 billion manufacturer and distributor. Most recently, Goldstein was business group president of Unilever North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Foods. * Kenneth Kermes ker·mes n. A red dyestuff once prepared from the dried bodies of various female scale insects of the genus Kermes. [French kermès, short for alkermès, from Arabic al-qirmiz , 65, was named president and chief executive of North Kingstown, RI-based Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing, a $323.3 million manufacturer and marketer of metrology products. Kermes succeeds Frank Curtain, who has retired. * Douglas McCorkindale, 60, was named chief executive of Arlington, VA-based Gannett, a $5.3 billion diversified news and information company. McCorkindale, the company's president and vice chairman, succeeds John Curley who will remain as chairman until he retires early next year. Upon Curley's retirement, McCorkindale will become chairman, president and chief executive. * Michael Morris, 40, was named president, and chief executive of First National Trust, a subsidiary of the financial holding company F.N.B. Corp., which has $3.8 billion in assets. Morris, formerly an executive vice president and senior trust officer of SunTrust Banks, steps into a newly created position. * Timothy O'Donovan, 55, was named chief executive of Rockford, MI-based Wolverine World Wide Wolverine World Wide NYSE: WWW is a footwear manufacturer. They have their own brand, Wolverine Boots and Shoes, and also make footwear for other companies, such as Caterpillar and Harley-Davidson. Wolverine also makes shoes and boots for the military. , a $666 million manufacturer of branded footwear, apparel, and accessories. O'Donovan, the company's president and COO, succeeds Geoffrey Bloom, who will remain chairman of the board. * Daniel O'Neill, 48, was named president and chief executive of Montreal, Canada-based Molson, a $2 billion (CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) brewer. O'Neill succeeds E. James Arnett, who will step down on June 27, 2000 at the annual shareholder meeting. * Dennis Rediker, 56, was named chief executive of Dayton, OH-based Standard Register, a provider of document management solutions with $1.3 billion in revenues. Rediker, formerly chief executive of English China Clays, succeeds Peter Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. , who has retired. * Orin Smith, 58, was named chief executive of Seattle, WA-based Starbucks, a $1.7 billion coffee retailer. Smith, the company's president and COO, succeeds Howard Schultz who will remain chairman and assume the new title of chief global strategist A Chief Global Strategist (CGS), or chief strategist, is the one of the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of the global strategy and global expansion of a corporation, company, . * John Tyson, 46, was named president and chief executive of Springdale, AR-based Tyson Foods, a poultry processor with more than $7 billion in annual revenues. Tyson, the company's chairman, succeeds Wayne Britt, who has retired. * Dennis Williams, 54, was named Chairman of the Board, president, and chief executive of Northbrook, IL-based IDEX IDEX International Development Exchange IDEX Imagery Data Exploitation System IDEX Imagery Digital Exploitation (system) IDEX Identifier of Explorer , a $655 million manufacturer of proprietary pump products, dispensing equipment and other engineered products. Williams succeeds Donald Boyce, who has retired. |
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