VOL. 117 | NO. 100 | Wednesday, May 21, 2003
James Pascover was appointed Better Business of the Mid-South director
of marketing and communications
James Pascover was appointed Better Business Bureau
of the Mid-South director of marketing and communications. Pascover brings more
than 20 years experience to the job, most of it in the automotive business
with TBC Corp. of Memphis and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Memphis and
Akron, Ohio.
Barry McGee, Raleigh-Egypt Middle School principal,
was selected as the 2003 MetLife/NASSP State Principal of the Year. The
National Association of Secondary School Principals and Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. present the award every year to honor those who have demonstrated
extraordinary leadership, commitment to students and staff, service to their
communities and contributions to the overall profession of educational
leadership. A winner is chosen from each state. From those honorees, one high
school and one middle school administrator is designated as the National
Principal of the Year. McGee has worked in Memphis City Schools for more than
three decades as a teacher and administrator.
Kenneth Grace, a Memphis native, was among 44
students from the University of Florida law school who helped the schools
trial team garner two national championships and a variety of other major
titles in 2002-2003, placing it among the most honored teams in the nation.
Grace was a member of a national championship team at the inaugural National
Civil Trial Competition last fall in California. The team finished second in
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America national competition. Grace earned
a bachelors degree from McKendree College, masters degree from Wilmington
College and law degree from the University of Florida. He is a U.S. Air Force
veteran.
Judy Conrad was appointed senior business loan
officer at Memphis Area Teachers Credit Union. Previously, she worked for
BankTennessee and Union Planters, both in Ripley, Tenn. She also worked for the
Bank of Ripley for 25 years.
Kurt Torster was appointed chief executive officer of
Lurgi PSI in Memphis. Formerly, he worked for Lurgi Oil Gas Chemie in
Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to joining Lurgi, Torster held senior management
positions with firms in Houston.
Crye-Leike hailed the achievements of 15 sales associates as
life members of its Multi-Million Dollar Club. New life members are: Brian
J. Bennett and Barbara Fields, both of Crye-Leikes Bartlett-Summer
Oaks branch; Craig Graham, Joyce McKenzie, Beverly Michalek and Ann
Scott, all of the Collierville branch; Mack Browder of Crye-Leike
Commercial; Barbara Becker and Molly Plunk of the
Germantown-Poplar branch; Mickey Brown, Susan Edwards, Robbie Jones and Sarah
Surratt, all of the Germantown-Exeter branch; Jeanene Lawhead,
managing broker of Crye-Leikes Quail Hollow branch; and Beth Riley Price
of Crye-Leikes Olive Branch, Miss., office.
Rubbie Patrick-Herring, English as a second language
coordinator for Memphis City Schools, was selected the winner of the
Presidents Award from the Tennessee Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages. She has served as president of the TNTESOL executive board. She has
worked for MCS since 1974.
A total of 33 Crye-Leike sales associates in the Memphis
area recently completed a training course on marketing properties valued at
$400,000 or more. The two-day Crye-Leike course included segments on
architecture, appraisal, custom construction, insurance and finance issues.
Those sales associates were: Betty Brown and John Criswell, both
of Crye-Leikes Arlington-U.S. Highway 64 branch; Virginia Moore
of Crye-Leikes Bartlett-Summer Oaks branch; Danna Carrier, Scott
Carrier, Debra Hood, Sue Landry, Dan Landry and Ann Maree Matthews,
all of the Collierville branch; Mitch Goldberg, Cheryl Lamghari and Tory
Yates, all of the Cordova branch; Lynn Walker of the East
Memphis branch; Letty Fisher and Rocky Blair, both of the
Germantown-Exeter branch; Cheri Ensor, Patrecia Goldstein, Marty
McClatchy, Diane Mendelson, Molly Plunk, Jackie Treat and Carole Tucker,
all of Germantown-Poplar branch; Mike Acree, Helen Akin
and Bill Burns of the Midtown branch; Joe McClaren of the
Millington branch; Mahrou Drury, Kathy Gardner, Barbara Mabry, Olivia Miller
and Stanley Mills, all of the Quail Hollow branch; and Angela Beckley
and Heleanor Wright, both of Crye-Leikes Whitehaven branch.