Transitions.Edward Degraan, 57, was named acting chief executive of Boston, MA-based Gillette Co., a $9.9 billion provider of grooming products. Degraan, the company's president, and COO, succeeds Michael Hawley Previously at MIT’s Media Laboratory, Michael Hawley is an artist and researcher working in the field of digital media. He is the founder of several research programs and projects including MIT's GO Expeditions program, the cofounder of the Things That Think research , who plans to retire. * Wayne Harris
Carroll Wayne Harris , 60, was named chairman and chief executive of Plano, TX-based Eckerd Drug, a division of $32.5 billion retailer J.C. Penney. Prior to joining Eckerd Drug, Harris was the chairman and chief executive of Grand Union Co. * Randall Hogan, 45, was named chief executive effective January 1, 2001, of Minneapolis, MN-based Pentair, a diversified equipment manufacturer with nearly $3 billion in revenues. Hogan, the company's president and COO, succeeds Winslow Buxton, who will remain chairman. * John Lampe, 53, was named chairman, chief executive and president of Nashville, TN-based Bridgestone/Firestone, a subsidiary of billion tire and rubber company Bridgestone Corp. Lampe, the president of Bridgestone/Firestone Tire Sales Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone Truck Sales Co., succeeds Masatoshi Ono, who returns to Bridgestone Corp. after nearly ten years at the U.S. subsidiary. * John Nelson, 48, was named president 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 , NY-based Philip Morris International Philip Morris International, (PMI) based in Lausanne, Switzerland, held a 15.5% share of the international cigarette market in 2005. Its brands, led by Marlboro and L&M, are sold in over 160 countries around the world. , a division of Philip Morris Cos., which is a producer and marketer of consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one with more than $78 billion in annual revenues. Nelson, Philip Morris U.S.A's senior vice president, succeeds Paul Hendrys, who has resigned. * Jeff Papows, 46, was named chief executive of Burlington, MA-based, Maptuit, a supplier of wireline and wireless Internet Location-based and eLogistics services. Papows, who resigned as the president and chief executive of Lotus Development amid allegations of lying about his education and military record, will be in charge of the company's efforts to expand globally. * Steven Reinemund, 52, was named chairman and chief executive of Purchase, NY-based PepsiCo, a $20.4 billion producer of food and beverages. Reinemund, the company's president and COO, succeeds Roger Enrico, who plans to transition from his position as 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. by 2001 and retire as chariman before the end of 2002. * Henry Schacht Henry Schacht is an American businessman, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Diesel (1973-1994), and later CEO of Lucent Technologies. He assumed the latter role in a transitory capacity upon Lucent's spinoff from AT&T, and served from 1995 to 1997. Mr. , 66, was named chairman and chief executive of Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
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