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The Advertising Council (New York): Appointed George Perlov, director of planning and research and vice-president, to be senior vice-president.

American U. of Beirut (Lebanon): Appointed John A. Wilkinson, an education consultant based in New Haven, Conn., to be vice-president for development and external affairs, based in the institution’s New York office. (This corrects an item from the August 12 issue.)

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (Wayne, Pa.): Appointed Rhonda Poe, director of the capital campaign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, to be executive director.

CDC Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Paula Harris Jasina, finance director for the Cobb County Y.W.C.A. (Marietta, Ga.), to be associate director of finance; Kristin Pope, director of the Battered Women’s Shelter (Athens, Ga.), to be program officer; and Arthur G. Wasserman, associate vice-president for development at Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), to be director of individual giving.

Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles): Appointed Patrick Owen, managing director for the performing and media arts at Evergreen State College (Olympia, Wash.), to be associate director of development and corporate sponsorships.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation (N.C.): Appointed Tom Bradbury, an editorial writer and associate editor at The Charlotte Observer, to be president.

Christian Legal Society (Annandale, Va.): Appointed Carl H. Esbeck, a professor of law at the U. of Missouri at Columbia, to be director of the Center for Law and Religious Freedom.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Appointed Thomas J. Gentile, former treasurer at BP America (Cleveland), to be director of finance.

Cleveland State U.: Appointed Shane Hollett, director of development at Cleveland Scholarship Programs, to be director of development.

College Misericordia (Dallas, Pa.): Appointed Susan M. Helwig, director of development at Bloomsburg U. of Pennsylvania, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed John Lippincott, associate vice-chancellor of the University System of Maryland (Adelphi), to be vice-president of communications.

Davis and Elkins College (Elkins, W.Va.): Appointed Gerald E. Wood, vice-president for student services at Waynesburg College (Pa.), to be vice-president for advancement.

Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein (St. Louis): Appointed Daniel Reich, curator for education at the U. of Michigan Museum of Art (Ann Arbor), to be director. The center is housed at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

International Dyslexia Association (Baltimore): Appointed Susan L. Sweitzer, chief development officer at the NAACP (Baltimore), to be director of development.

Iona College (New Rochelle, N.Y.): Appointed Lois M. Fahey, director of development at the Spence School (New York), to be vice-president for advancement.

Ithaca College (N.Y.): Appointed Gregory Victory, campaign coordinator at Crouse Health Foundation (Syracuse, N.Y.), to be associate director of alumni relations.

Jewish Vocational Service (San Francisco): Appointed Judy Bloom, executive director of Resourceful Women (San Francisco), to be director of employer services.

Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation (Pa.): Appointed Robert P. Haigh, special assistant to Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (Harrisburg), to be president.

National Baptist Convention (Nashville): Appointed the Rev. William Shaw, pastor at White Rock Baptist Church (Philadelphia), to be president. He succeeds the Rev. Henry J. Lyons, who resigned earlier this year after being convicted of racketeering and grand theft, and the Rev. S. C. Cureton, who has been serving as interim president.

National Center for Learning Disabilities (New York): Appointed Laura W. Kaloi, director of public affairs at the American Health Quality Association (Washington), to be director of public policy in the center’s Washington office.

National Conference for Community and Justice-Greater New York Region: Appointed Steven R. Schubert, a consultant in New York, to be executive director.

National Sports Center for the Disabled (Winter Park, Colo.): Appointed David Nichols, grants manager, to be development director.

Orange County Community College (Middletown, N.Y.): Appointed Vinnie Cazzetta, assistant director of athletics for marketing and development at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Pittsburgh Vision Services: Appointed Richard L. Welsh, vice-president, to be president. He succeeds Dennis J. Huber, who has retired.

Pontiac Rescue Mission (Mich.): Appointed Harvel Ayers, Jr., a retired Army chaplain, to be chief operating officer.

Public Broadcasting Service (Washington): Announced the resignation of Ervin S. Duggan, president, effective October 31. John F. Swope, a board member, will serve as interim chief executive while the organization searches for a successor.

Robert Morris College (Moon Township, Pa.): Appointed Peggy Morrison Outon, associate director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans), to be executive director of the new Center for Nonprofit Management.

Saint John’s U. (Collegeville, Minn.): Appointed Glen Tautges, customer-service representative at Nahan Printing (St. Cloud, Minn.), to be reunion-giving coordinator, and John Taylor, director of corporate, foundation, and government relations, to be associate vice-president for institutional advancement.

Saint Mary’s Health Network (Reno): Appointed Marlene Harris, assistant corporate controller, to be director of budget and reimbursement.

Scripps College (Claremont, Cal.): Appointed Carolyn Ditte Wagner, director of programs and external affairs at the Milken Institute (Santa Monica, Cal.), to be director of corporations and foundations.

The Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Appointed Lawrence M. Small, president and chief operating officer of the Fannie Mae Corporation (Washington), to be secretary, the organization’s chief executive position. He succeeds I. Michael Heyman, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Cal.): Appointed Alan Acosta, director of the Stanford News Service, to be director of university communications.

Swarthmore College (Pa.): Appointed Anne Bonner, associate director of planned giving, to be associate director of major gifts; Diane Crompton, director of alumni and gift information systems, to be director of advancement operations; Andrea Hammer, assistant director of publications, to be associate director of publications and managing editor of the alumni magazine; and Doug Hasbrouck, director of alumni relations and the annual fund at Widener U. (Chester, Pa.), to be associate director of major gifts.

U. of Minnesota at Duluth: Appointed Elaine S. Hansen, former commissioner of the Department of Administration for the State of Minnesota (St. Paul), to be director of development for the School of Business and Economics.

U. of Scranton (Pa.): Appointed the Rev. John J. Shea, former president of John Carroll U. (Cleveland), to be assistant vice-president for institutional advancement, and Kathleen A. Statsman, annual-fund specialist, to be director of annual giving.

U. of Texas at Dallas: Appointed Carlos Pena, executive director of university advancement and governmental relations, to be vice-president for university advancement and governmental relations.

U. of Wisconsin at Madison: Appointed Paula Bonner, associate executive director of the university’s Wisconsin Alumni Association, to be executive director of the association.

Western Kentucky U. (Bowling Green): Appointed Rodney T. Cohen, director of urban programming and outreach development at U. of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.), to be director of development for the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences; Leslie A. Moseley, a consultant in Bowling Green, to be director of development for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; and Krista S. Steenbergen, former marketing director at Downing-McPeak Vision Centers (Bowling Green), to be director of development for the College of Science, Technology, and Health.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Mass.): Charles Davis Hollister, senior scientist in the geology and geophysics department and vice-president, died on August 23 at the age of 63.

Xavier U. of Louisiana (New Orleans): Appointed LaJuana Gauff Chenier, coordinator of alumni and professional affairs for the College of Pharmacy, to be director of the alumni fund and alumni affairs.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Francisco C. Gomez, Jr., administrator and psychologist at the Neighborhood House Association/Head Start (San Diego), to be a program officer in the Carlsbad, Cal., office; Laura Hogan, executive director at CommuniCare Health Centers (Davis, Cal.), to be a program officer in the Sacramento, Cal., office; and Gwen Walden, senior program officer at the J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles), to be a senior program officer for the Los Angeles region.

Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington): Appointed Stacey Davis Steed, vice-president for housing and community development at the Atlanta regional office of Fannie Mae, to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Ann Marie Wheelock, who will serve Fannie Mae as regional senior vice-president of its Western regional office in Pasadena, Cal.

G&P Charitable Foundation for Cancer Research (New York): Appointed Kay J. Wight, vice-president at the Revlon Foundation (New York), to be executive vice-president.

Health Foundation of South Florida (Miami): Appointed Louise P. Yarbrough, executive director of the Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation (Coral Gables, Fla.), to be executive director and grant officer.

Walter S. Johnson Foundation (Menlo Park, Cal.): Appointed Kimberly Ford, program director, to be executive director, effective in January. She will succeed Jean Parmelee, who is retiring.

Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Greg Cantori, executive director of Light Street Housing (Baltimore), to be executive director. He succeeds Robin Platts, who resigned in August.

Sara Lee Corporation (Chicago): Appointed Robin S. Tryloff, director of community relations, to be executive director of community relations. She will also continue as vice-president and executive director of the Sara Lee Foundation (Chicago).

The Spencer Foundation (Chicago): Patricia Albjerg Graham, president, has announced her resignation, effective at the end of June 2000.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Elected Myrtis H. Powell, vice-president for student affairs at Miami U. (Oxford, Ohio), to be a member of the Governing Board.

Washington Ballet: Elected Kay Kendall, a local volunteer, to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

L.W. Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.): Appointed Lynn Edmonds, executive vice-president and general manager at Vantage Direct Marketing (Brookline, Mass.), to be executive vice-president of this direct-marketing firm.