Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 11, 1993 TAG: 9307080038
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: F-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Compiled by Amanda Barrett
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
JOHN S. D'ORAZIO has been named superintendent of distribution at Roanoke Gas Co. His duties include supervision of new construction, facility maintenance and maintenance of the distribution system.
A civil engineer, D'Orazio has worked in engineering for 11 years. He previously worked for Virginia Natural Gas, Smith, DeMeer, Normann Civil Consulting Engineering and Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
He is a graduate of Virginia Tech.
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
\ DEBORAH B. DONNELLY of Elliston has been appointed director of planned giving of the office of university advancement at Radford University. She will handle current and deferred giving such as trust arrangements and charitable gift annuities.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
\ SHELLEY L. BALDERSON has joined Ferguson, Andrews & Associates as an investment executive. She previously worked as a registered sales assistant for Paine Webber.
INSURANCE
\ E. MILLER BABER JR. of The Gerald W. Godsey Agency has been awarded the Chartered Life Underwriter designation by The Equitable Life Assurance Society.
\ R. LYNWOOD SHELTON has joined the Roanoke district agency of Northwestern Mutual Life. He formerly worked as vice president of accounting for Dominion Bankshares.
MEDICINE
\ DR. WILLIAM H. WALLS JR. has joined the Roanoke city Health Department as a public health dentist.
Walls, who has spent the past four years in association with the Pulaski County Health Department, plans to concentrate on child dental care as well as providing treatment to indigent adults.
Walls is a graduate of Howard University and the School of Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia.
ORGANIZATIONS
\ JAN R. SCHENDEL has joined Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia as marketing manager. She will be responsible for recruiting qualified volunteer consultants to work with Junior Achievement students in classrooms from kindergarten through 12th grade. She will also market and coordinate the organizations' special events and the promotion of the new elementary school programs. She formerly worked as director of marketing and development for the Topeka Performing Arts Center in Topeka, Kan.
\ ALLAN C. ROBINSON JR. has been elected president of the Clean Valley Council, a nonprofit educational organization that promotes litter control, recycling and waste minimization. Robinson is retired from Kroger Co. and has served on the CVC board for three years.
Other new officers include: vice president, ED CALLIS, Kroger; and\ secretary/treasurer, NANCY BAILEY, Roanoke County. New directors are: OWEN M. GROGAN, Roanoke city Parks and Recreation; KURT HODGEN, Botetourt County; and KELLI UPDIKE, Carter, Brown and Osborne.
The Blue Ridge Association of Occupational Health Nurses has elected the following officers: president, BARBARA FOWLER, Ingersoll-Rand Co.; vice president, JOAN SIMMS, Hercules Inc.; treasurer-recording secretary, GINGER LeBOW, Lewis-Gale Clinic; and corresponding secretary, SHARYN SLUSHER, C&P Telephone Co. Directors include ELAINE GILL and MILDRED SANDRIDGE, both with the Carilion Health System.
\ PHIL H. DAWSON of HDH in Salem has been elected president-elect of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. RICHARD C. PENNOCK of Pennock Engineering in Radford has been elected vice president of the western section of the state.
\ THOMAS C. VIA of Blacksburg has been re-elected District Six director for the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he has worked with Leonard L. Brown Agency since 1979.
The Blue Ridge chapter of the National Contract Management Association has elected the following officers: president, ROBIN SHOOK, ITT; vice president, KEVIN O'KANE, Brunswick Defense; secretary/treasurer, AL CEREGHINO III, Babcock and Wilcox; and national director, BILL SZUCH, ITT.
The Roanoke Valley Estate Planning Council has elected new officers. They are: president, BRUCE C. STOCKBURGER, Gentry Lock Rakes & Moore; vice president, ROBERT BYE, Robert Bye & Co.; secretary, CHARLES W. CROSSON JR., NationsBank; treasurer, ALAN E. KLINGER, certified public accountant.
POSTAL SERVICE
\ BRUCE LUPTON of Roanoke has been appointed postmaster of Collinsville. An employee since 1969, he has worked as a letter carrier and supervisor of mails and delivery in Martinsville and manager of station and branch operations in Roanoke.
Information on personnel promotions of interest to people in business should be sent to this column, C/O the Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010.
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