New appointments at ABS
Russel J. Berna, 33, has
been appointed Director of
Marketing and R. Grady
Rankin 111, 30, appointed
Director of Administration
and Finance, according to an
announcement by Dr. Robert
E. Walton, President of
American Breeders Service,
a DeForest, Wisconsin
subsidiary of W. R. -Grace &
Co.
Reporting to Berna will be
all departments of
marketing, including
Domestic; International;
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KOEHRING
Farm Division
ABS of Canada Ltd.; and
AMBREED, comprising
New Zealand and Australia.
Mr. Rankin will have
reporting to him all areas of
finance and administration.
In August, 1974, Berna was
appointed to the position of
Operations Assistant to the
President. Prior to this, he
served as Regional Sales
Manager in California;
Regional Sales Manager for
the territory of Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and
Kentucky; and District Sales
Manager for northern
Illinois and Indiana. He
began his ABS career 14
years ago as an ABS Genetic
Engineer in McHenry
County, Illinois.
A native of Burlington,
Illinois, Berna attended
Elgin Community College,
Elgin, Illinois, and
graduated from the Dale
Carnegie Leadership Course
Management Seminar.
Berna and his wife,
Bonnie, have two daughters
... Lori, age 12, and Dawn,
age 7. They reside at Route 2,
Wilson Road, Poynette,
Wisconsin 53955.
Joining ABS in late 1974,
Mr. Rankin first served as
Financial Analyst. Prior to
this, Rankin was employed
by W. R. Grace & Co., New
York, on July 1, 1974.
He is a 1972 Bachelor of
Science graduate of Western
Carolina University,
Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Rankin received his Masters
of Business Administration
from Harvard Business
School in 1974. While at
Western Carolina Univer
sity, he was a member of
Honorary Scholastic
Fraternities and the Dean’s
List. He received first-year
honors at Harvard Business
School.
Rankin was born in Camp
Rucker, Alabama, and was
reared in North Carolina. He
served in the United States
Navy from 1966 to 1970.
Mr. Rankin and his wife,
Sandra, reside at 4580 Golf
Road, Windsor, Wisconsin
53598.
Self
Propelled
Forage
Harvester
Youths attend conference
FFA’ers meet leaders
Mike Spittle (left) and Tom Win- from the Pacific Region of the Future
findale of Hummelstown, PA are Farmers of America. They are at
greeted in Washington, D.C., by Peter tending the week-long National FFA
Giacomini (right) of Ferndale, Washington Conference program.
California, National Vice President
Stacy Woods (left) and David from the Pacific Region of the Future
Wenger of Eastern Lebanon County, Farmers of America. They are at
are greeted in Washington, D.C., by tending the week-long National FFA
Peter Giacomini (right) of Ferndale, Washington Conference program.
California, National Vice President
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9,1975
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