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PERSONAIS
Stan E. Elberg has resigned as v.p.-mktg. of Southern Forest Products Association to join the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association, Memphis, Tn., as exec. v.p. Elberg assumes the position from Walter Whitley, who resigned after l0 years. Jeff Easterling succeeds Elberg at SFPA.
Mike Schmidt is now mgr. of the Contractor Outlet of Ridout Lumber and Home Centers, Fayetteville, Ar.
Reid Harrison is now v.p. of Lumber Sales Corp., Richmond, Va.
Patrick Stuckart has been appointed training and development mgr. for Pelican Cos., Inc., Conway, S.C.
Worth Cooper, pres. of Cooper Lumber Sales, South Miami, Fl., has retired after 45 years in the industry.
Mike Basinger, ex-Willamette Industries, has been named plywood sales mgr. for Martco, Alexandria, La. Judy Wagner is new to plywood sales.
Ronald L. Paul has been named v.p.structural panels & building products engineering. David R. Fleiner has been appointed v.p.-gypsum division, replacing the late Mike Vidan. Glenn E. Hancock has been promoted to group director-sales & administration, structural panels. Thomas C. Nash is now director-sales & mktg., structural panels. Davis K. Mortensen, exec. v.p.-building products; W.E. "Ed" Babin, exec. v.p.-pulp & paper, and David W. Reynolds, senior v.p.administration, will retire next year. Effective Jan. l, 1997, Donald L. Glass will become exec. v.p.-building products, and John F.'Rasor, exec. v.p.-forest resources.
Russ Kimbell will head the new Conway, Ar., office of U.S. Timber.
Shane Finley is new to sales at Klumb Forest Products, Gulfport, Ms., coverine Louisiana.
Steve Cotaya, ex- Weyerhaeuser Co., is now gen. mgr. of Snavely Forest Producs' Dallas, Tx., sales and distribution facility. Scott Stewart and "Red" Owens have also joined the Dallas staff. Dave Bagdy has been named Snavely Intemational's mgr. of remanufacturing.
Rick Pendergrass has been named mgr. of Sutherland Building Materials, Springdale, Ar.
Jodi Nag, ex-Timber Industries, is new to Greenleaf Wood Products, Valdosta, Ga.
Brandon Potts is new to sales at MidAmerica Cedar, Matthews, N.C.
John Schubert is new to sales at Pan Pacific, St. Petersburg, Fl.
Jerold W. l{ulf, pres. and ceo of Andersen Windows, Inc., has been elected chairman of the National Wood Window and Door Association, replacing Sam A. Wing, Wing Industries, Inc., Dallas, Tx.
Forrest M. ttNeal" Grimes, pres. of Pallet Resource of North Carolina, Inc., Lexington, N.C., has been appointed pres.-elect for the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association, Arlington, Va. Troy Fraser, pres. of Fraser Industries, Big Spring, Tx., is v.p. Jor McKinney, pres. of McKinney Wood Products, Muscle Shoals, Al., has been elected to the board of directors.
Maurice Ademe, formerly of 3M, will lead Hardware Wholesalers, Inc.' international division.
Tommy Thompson is a new customer service rep. for Vistawall Architectural Products, Atlanta, Ga. Michael Lair has been promoted to sales rep. for N.C. and S.C.
Dave llill has been appointed division v.p. for Willamette Industries, Inc., Albany, Or.
Judy Knutson and Alex Ross, True Value Lumber & Building Materials, recently visited members in Al., Ga., Ms. and Tn., discussing new products and commodity programs.
David F. Lewis has been named pres. of Teledyne Specialty Equipment.
Tom Beard, pres., E.N. Beard Hardwood Lumber Co., Greensboro, N.C., was named pres. of the North Carolina Forestry Association.
Robert Rowan has been named v.p. and division mgr. of Black & Decker Corp.'s Home Depot Sales Division. Paul Boitmann is v.p.-sales of national accounts.
Jeff Koenig is now mgr. of inside sales at UnionTools.
Robert Hughes, Hughes Lumber Co., Tulsa, Ok., was appointed to the board of the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce.
Dale Garner, Atlanta, Ga., has been named Southeast district mgr. for the home and garden business sales team at AgrEvo Environmental Health. Foster Watts is district sales mgr.
Karen Mendelsohn is the new v.p.-mktg. for Masco Corp.'s Plumbing Products Division.
Mark S. Trabbold is now mgr. of new product development for CertainTeed's Insulation Group.
Donald L. Garofalo, Michael O. Johnson, W. Patrick Riley and John II. Roe have been elected to Andersen Corp.'s board of directors.
James Edward Jordan, Lowe's Home Centers Inc., Columbia, S.C., wed Cynthia Renee Owens Feb. 3.
Melton Snow is winter specialties mgr. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.