Hupp to lead Rubber Division in 2002

CINCINNATI (Oct. 17)—Richard J. Hupp of Enichem Americas Inc. will lead the ACS Rubber Division in 2002, after winning the election for 2001 chairman-elect in mail-in balloting conducted during the summer. Hupp bested Christopher Probasco of Flexys Americas L.P. for the chairman-elect post. Probasco will serve a one-year term as vice chairman. The division also elected Kurt Nygaard of Harwick Standard Distribution Corp. as treasurer; Paul Esposito of Uniroyal Chemical Co. Inc. as assistant treasurer; John Long of DSM Copolymer Inc. as councilor; and Krishna Baranwal of Akron Rubber Development Lab as alternate councilor. Also, Ernie Puskas Jr. of Littlern Corp. resigned as secretary. Mark Petras of ChemRep Inc. replaced him, and David O´Brien replaced Petras as assistant secretary. The results were announced at the ACS Rubber Division meeting Oct. 16 in Cincinnati.