MEAD CORP.

The company has announced that Neil A. McLachlan has been appointed pres. of Mead School and Office Products.

PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORP.

The board of directors has elected W. Richard Denman as chairman; he succeeds Ted Swain, who had served as chairman since December 1997.

Richard Denman

CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC.

Robert F. Leach recently joined the company as v.p., information technology.

Robert Leach

In the Wisconsin Rapids Div., Mark D. Ellis has been promoted to assistant board mill mgr. In the Corporate Engineering Dept., Todd N. Weiler has been promoted to sr. electrical engr. At the Biron Div., David L. Steinhilber has been promoted to mechanical supervisor; Earl W. Pasch and Lance D. Black have advanced to maintenance coordinator; Gary L. Panter has been named mechanical supervisor–support services; Kenneth W. Olsen has been appointed maintenance supervisor, No. 26; Charles E. Glodowski has been promoted to technician; Todd A. Dorshorst has been promoted to paper machine shift supervisor, No. 26; and Lynn M. Mehis has advanced to finishing shift supervisor. At Lake Superior Paper Industries, Marianne L. Kauma has been appointed plant & property assistant. In the Information Systems Dept., Mark A. Hagen has been hired as a project technology analyst, and Robert G. Reznicek has joined as a technology analyst. In the Paperboard Products Div., Timothy P. Neumann has been promoted to prepress technician. At the Stevens Point Div., Jodi A. McDonald has been promoted to technical secretary. At the Wisconsin River Div., Gary S. Moss has been promoted to finishing shift supervisor. At Inter Lake Papers, Todd A. VanHammond has transferred to the position of systems development analyst, and Wayne E. Butz has been promoted to paper machine supt., No. 95. In the Niagara Div., Jeffrey A. Forbes has been promoted to paper machine supt., No. 43; Michael T. Treiber has advanced to assistant paper machine supt., No. 43; James A. “Jerome” Larson has been promoted to maintenance supt.–instrumentation/electrical; Charles R. Aichner has been appointed electrical supervisor; and Daniel R. Beauchamp has been named paper machine supt., Nos. 41 and 44.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER

The Fine Papers division has named Pat Pacz as mgr. of supply chain and business systems, and Ron Stamps has been named mgr. of information and business systems.

WEYERHAEUSER

Rheal Gingras has been appointed to the position of district sales mgr. for the new Canadian Zone.

WESTVACO

Helen Murphy has joined the company as sr. v.p. and CFO. She recently concluded a nine-year tenure with Poly Gram Holding Inc. as CFO.

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.

Walter M. Wirfs has been named v.p. for manufacturing.

SIMPSON PAPER CO.

The company has appointed Don Johnson v.p. and gen. mgr. of Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co. He has served as operations mgr. since February 1993.

GEORGIA-PACIFIC

Mario Daniel Aguilar has been named sr. programmer analyst in the Paper Group’s manufacturing information resources dept. in Port Edwards, and Patrick Bloczynski has joined the company as a programmer for the information resources dept. in Port Edwards.

Mario Aguilar

APPLETON MILLS

Bill Bast has been promoted to production supt. Previously, he was the Weave Dept. supervisor since 1983.

Bill Bast

GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP.

Michael H. Harmon has been promoted to corporate v.p. for operations. In his new position, Harmon will assume direct responsibility for all production, terminal and distribution operations, as well as transportation, purchasing and labor relations programs.

ECC INTERNATIONAL

J. Phillip E. Jones, v.p., technology, at ECC International in Roswell, Georgia, has been elected to serve a three-year term on TAPPI’s Board of Directors.

RAYTHEON ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS

The company has named David B. Maher Jr. as sr. v.p. of supply chain management. Maher was most recently a Bechtel v.p. and gen. mgr. of Bechtel Industrial Co. In addition, Shirley Gaufin has been named sr. v.p., human resources.

MOTION INDUSTRIES

Tom Robertshaw has been promoted to v.p. of the newly created Industrial Group Business Development office, and John Walters has been named v.p. and gen. mgr. for the Southwest Div.

BELOIT CORP.

Zdenko Fruhwirth has been appointed to the position of sr. corporate quality engr., and Michael Oberlander has been appointed mgr. of manufacturing for stateline operations.

THOMPSON AVANT INTERNATIONAL

Robert J. Synk has been appointed to the company’s forest products industry consulting staff. He has had a 20-year career as a consulting engr. and project mgr. in the fields of pulp and paper, power generation, and process environmental technology.

TIDLAND CORP.

Joaquin (Quino) Lorente has been appointed pres. of Tidland Corp. Since 1985, Lorente has held various positions with the company and was instrumental in setting up the three joint ventures of Tidland Corp. to manufacture Tidland products overseas.

Joaquin Lorente

GENCORP

GenCorp’s Performance Chemicals business has appointed John S. Wei dir. of strategic business development. In addition, D. Michael Steuert has resigned as CFO and will be succeeded by Michael E. Hicks.

John Wei

KÜSTERS BELOIT

Dr.-Ing. Henning Bähren has taken over presidency of the executive management of the Kùsters Group. He succeeds Dipl.-Ing. Peter Heintz who retired at the end of 1998.

ATI GLOBAL INC.

Eric Ramsey has been promoted to v.p. of engineering at THE MAJOR Equipment Co., a division of ATI Global Inc.

ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO.

Douglas K. Carr has been named business mgr. for the company’s Strategic Alliance Business, Ronald G. Babinsky has been named mgr. of business opportunities for the Specialty Polymers & Adhesives Div., and Michael L. Rademacher has been named v.p. and gen. mgr. for the Industries Chemicals & Solvents Div., replacing Walter M. Tarpey, who has retired.

CASCO INC.

Jim Grey has been appointed pres. of Casco Inc. He has over 19 years experience with Casco in engineering, operations, and sr. management positions, most recently holding the position of gen. mgr.

SOUTHERN IONICS INC.

Carl E. Concia has been named business mgr. of Zirconium Chemicals.

IGGESUND TOOLS

Robert Uelmen has been appointed service mgr.

PARKINSON MACHINERY & MANUFACTURING CORP.

Kenneth Cavanagh has been named v.p. of the company. He has been gen. mgr. of the company since 1994 and will continue that roll along with broadening the strategic planning and development of the products manufactured by Parkinson.

DU PONT

Jeffrey L. Keefer has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr. of DuPont White Pigment & Mineral Products, the DuPont unit which produced titanium dioxide for the paper, plastics and coatings industries. He replaces George F. MacCormack, who has been named group v.p. of the company’s polyester business.

Jeffrey Keefer

COGNEX

Markku Jaaskelainen has been appointed to the position of corporate v.p. and gen. mgr. of the Surface Inspection Systems Div., and Peter J. Herman has been appointed to the position of dir. customer satisfaction for the Surface Inspection Systems Div.

Markku Jaaskelainen

NETZSCH INC.

Christ Zoga has been appointed to v.p. of the Grinding and Dispersion Div. Zoga has 33 years of technical experience in wet particle size reduction and equipment, and has written numerous articles about media milling while teaching courses in the field at Penn State, Kent State, and Leigh Universities.

VALMET

Kari Lindberg has been named mgr. of product management technology and special sales.

MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS

Timothy E. Dowdle and D. Arthur Seibel have been named sr. v.p. Both are members of the Millennium executive team.

SPECIALTY MINERALS INC.

Tracy White has joined as commercial mgr. for the Sealants Div.

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC

The company has announced that former Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont will retire from its board of directors, and will be replaced by Paul W. Hansen, exec. dir. of The Izaak Walton League of America Inc.

STRATHMORE PAPERS

After 27 years of service, Jim Murphy, a leading industry expert in business and corporate correspondence papers, has announced his retirement. During his career, Murphy launched a number of successful new product initiatives for Strathmore, including the highly acclaimed Strathmore Writing System.

CROWN VANTAGE

Ernest S. Leopold, who has served as chairman of the board of Crown Vantage since its incorporation in 1995, has retired from that post. He will continue to serve on the board through the end of his term and has decided not to seek reelection.

CASE PAPER CO.

After a 47-year career with the Case Paper company, Eugene R. Goldberg, v.p., sales, has retired.

CAMERON

After 40 years in the paper industry, Michael Marshall has retired from Cameron. He will continue to work on a temporary basis as a consultant.