BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS

Santa Fe Pacific elected Roy S. Roberts of General Motors a boarddirector.

Hispanic American Construction Industry Association electedRodrigo d'Escoto of d'Escoto Inc. president.

Lord, Bissell & Brook named Thomas L. Stevens chief executiveofficer and chairman.

Rotary International appointed Mary H. Wolfenberger chieffinancial officer.

Bessin Corp. named Robert L. Weisman president.

ABN-AMRO North America named Susan S. Steves senior vicepresident and manager.

Abbott Laboratories promoted Ake L. Johansson to divisional vicepresident, corporate licensing.

DePaul University appointed Susy S. Chan first vice president,university planning and information technology.

MidStates Bradford Cos. promoted James C. Otto vice president,commercial leasing.

Chicago Corp. named Johan Segerdahl senior managing director,director of institutional equity services.

Allied Van Lines promoted Debra Sieckman professional salesassociation director; and named Jorja Coulter manager, privatetransferee sales development.

Quaker Oats Co. promoted James J. Woods to director, supplychain-technical services.

Jet Support Services named Karl Florian director, technicalservices.

Deloitte & Touche named James B. Young a partner.

Jill B. Berkeley joined Schiff Hardin & Waite as a partner.

Business Week named Richard Melcher Chicago bureau manager.

Rand McNally Book and Media Services named James O'Connordistribution manager; John Wanat technical services manager; andRobert Morley manager of research and development.

Hyatt Regency Chicago named James Randall Berndt residentgeneral manager.

John Karnick joined Graunke & Associates as national salesmanager.

King Bering Inc. named David A. Cummins territory sales manager,upper Midwest region.

Zurich-American Insurance Group named Clayton Shoup regionmanager.

Kenneth Leventhal & Co. promoted Mary Jo Taira to audit manager.

Lindsay Davenport, 1992 U.S. Open junior tennis champion, joinedthe professional advisory staff of Wilson Racquet Sports.

Allison Long joined Porter/Novelli Chicago as senior accountexecutive.

Tom Doody and Associates named Laurie L. Walsh accountexecutive.