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The American Paper Institute has named Virgil K. Horton, Jr., vice president of the paper group. He succeeds James L. Hutchison, who has retired from API after 20 years of service. Horton was formerly at Westvaco, where he held a series of sales and marketing management positions in the Fine Paper Division.
Ralph W. Gordon, a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Paper Permanence in TAPPI's Paper and Board Division, and recently retired from Domtar in Senneville, Quebec, was honored with a Special Certificate of Appreciation by the Coating and Graphic Arts Division during the 1990 Coating Conference in Boston. He has been active in the Printing and Imaging Committee and chaired various conferences in graphic arts.
Barry Crouse has joined the Institute of Paper Science and Technology as professor and director of the Research Services Division.