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ORGANIZATION.

PARRY M. NORLING, corporate technical adviser, DuPont Central Research & Devel­opment, has been elected president of the In­dustrial Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS

Bayer Pittsburgh

DONALD A. FOLAJTAR has been named general manager of Hennecke Machinery, a unit of Bayer's poly­urethanes division. He will be respon­sible for the engi­neering, manufac­turing, sales, and marketing of high-pressure polyure-thane processing equipment in the North American Free Trade Agree­ment region. Folajtar

Houston Shock

JOHN B. HOUSTON has been named vice president, Specialty Business Group, Polyurethanes. He will be responsible for the cast elastomer, flexible molded foam, in­tegral skin foam, specialty reaction injection molding, and footwear markets.

JOHN F. (JAY) SHOCK has been named vice president of administration and controlling for the plastics and poly-urethane divisions. He will be responsible for the divisions' accounting, information systems, business planning and analysis, procurement, and external and internal communications programs.

BioLab Decatur, Ga.

DAN CAUGHMAN has been given the ex­panded role of senior scientist and director of Health, Safety & Environment and Re­sponsible Care programs. He will direct and provide management oversight to the pro­grams at the company's headquarters.

BRIAN TEANY has been promoted to mar­ket manager for the specialty chemicals and

custom products business units of the com­mercial and specialties division. Teany will be responsible for the development and execu­tion of strategic business plans designed to ensure growth and profitability for both units.

National Starch & Chemical Bridgewater, NJ.

WILLIAM H. POWELL has been appoint ed chairman and chief executive officer.

Powell Schlauch

WALTER F. SCHLAUCH has been named president. Schlauch is currently chief operating officer and will continue in this role.

Other companies.

PAUL A. ANGUS has been promoted to plant manager for the polymer additives di­vision at Ferro, Cleveland. He will be re­sponsible for all manufacturing operations.

FABRIZIO BONANNI has joined Am gen, Thousand Oaks, Calif., as senior vice president for quality and compliance.

GARY C. CLARK has been appointed ac­count manager for hollow spheres products at PQ Corp., Valley Forge, Pa. He will be re­sponsible for hollow spheres customers in the Midwest.

PHILLIP H. COOK has been named vice president and global business direc­tor for ethylene dichloride/vinyl chloride and electrochemical unit management at Dow, Midland, Mich.

MICHAEL GILMAN has been appointed research director of molecular biology at Biogen, Cambridge, Mass.

Hahn King

KARL HAHN has been appointed group vice president of the plastic materials busi­ness for BASF at the company's North American Free Trade Agreement head­quarters in Mount Olive, N.J. In his new po­sition, Hahn will be in charge of styrenic co­polymers and engineering resins.

FRAN BYSTRY KING has been appoint­ed global business director of specialty monomers for the water treatments and additives division, Ciba Specialty Chemi­cals, Tarry town, N.Y.

BRETT LARICK has joined Columbia Chemical, Brunswick, Ohio, in the newly created position of U.S. sales manager. He will be responsible for managing distribu­tor sales.

KELLY OLIVER has joined the coatings raw materials division of Creanova Inc., Som­erset, N.J., as group leader for polyesters. She will provide technical service for coil and can coatings and adhesives products.

DAVID PATTESON has been appointed president of Biotage Products, separations division, a subsidiary of Dyax Corp. In his new position, Patteson will oversee the commercial operations for manufacture of Biotage chromatography systems and products for the purification of high-value drugs and biologicals.

MICHAEL A. PIKULIN has been ap pointed director of technology develop­ment for Voltaix Inc., North Branch, N.J. He will lead a team of chemists and engi­neers in process and product development and pilot-scale manufacturing.

MARK C. ROHR has been elected exec­utive vice president of Albemarle, Rich­mond, Va. He will be responsible for the polymer and fine chemical business units, global sales, marketing, and information resources.

MARTIN SCHENA has been named au­tomotive commercial manager for the plastics business at AlliedSignal Plastics, Farmington Hills, Mich. Schena will be re­sponsible for directing sales and market­ing efforts in the automotive industry.

CARL J . SULLIVAN has joined Ruco Polymers, Hicksville, N.Y., a Sybron Chemicals company, as technical director. Sullivan will be responsible for technical support and research and development for solid resins.

RICHARD C. WARBURTON has joined ChemSystems, Tarrytown, N.Y., as an ex­pensive consultant. He will be based in Hong Kong and be responsible for opera­tions and consulting activities within the greater China region.^

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