NFO Research, Inc., Greenwich, CT, has appointed Nile M. Rowan vice presi­dent - director of product marketing. In addition, Diane M. Gerold has been pro­moted to vice president - marketing for the company's San Francisco marketing group.

Francine H. Ross has been appointed corporate vice president, director of marketing research for Combe Incorpo­rated, makers of personal health and beauty aid products.

Heather Thiessen and Sal Oropesa have each been promoted to the position of supervisor in the Strategic Planning and Research Dept. of DDE Needham Chicago.

Total Research Corp., Princeton, NJ, announces the following hirings and promotions. Jim Hennessey has been promoted to seniorproject director. Clare A. Rechel has been named project direc­tor. Previously she was a senior con­sumer research analyst at Supermarkets General Corp. Janna Walsh has been named associate research director of the health care group. Lisa Jorgensen has been named research assistant. Beth Lee has been named manager of client services. And Lynn Spitzer has been named senior methodologist. Previously she was a systems engineer at IBM.

Catherine Bryant & Associates, a Greensboro, NC area marketing research and consulting firm, announces the fol­lowing promotions. Julie Giese to proj­ect director, Gina Gorelli to research assistant and traffic coordinator, Shelbie Redmond to manager, coding operations, and Bobbie Sapp to manager, technical services operations. In addition, Patsy Robertson has been promoted to admin­istrative assistant, supporting both the Survey Research division and the Tech­nical Services division.

Victor S. Mordowitz has joined Stamford, CT-based Electronic Informa­tion Systems, Inc. as vice president of engineering.

Rhona Stokols has joined Roure, Inc. as director, market and consumer research. Previously she was a fragrance industry research consultant.

Sherri Neuwirth has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the Paramus, NJ, office of Elrick and Lavidge Inc. In addition, Gary Dispensa has been appointed to the new position of quantitative information services director in the Chicago area office.

Toni Gabbe has joined Interviewing Services of America, Van Nuys, CA, as national marketing director.

Southfield, MI-based Nordhaus Research Inc. has named Tim Taylor vice president, David Steinberg senior project director, and Philip Hamner project director.

Michele M. Carroll has joined San Francisco-based Itel Rail Corp., a rail car leasing firm, as director of marketing.

Gaye Kaufman has been named research director for NKH&W Marketing Communications, Inc., Kansas City, MO.

Walker: Research and Analysis has named Wesley H. Jones, Ph.D. as vice president, marketing sciences. Previously he was with E.I. Dupont Co. In addition, Becky Desai has been named project director and Kent Gordon has been named vice president of the company's western region client service office.

Yourdon, Inc., a part of Eastman Kodak Co.'s Integration and Systems Products Division, has named John M. Baker vice president of research.

Katheryn A. Silverthorn has joined the Gardena, CA-based Automotive Research Group of Maritz Marketing Research as an account manager. Previ­ously she was with Nissan Motor Corp. as a market analysis specialist. In addition, William R. Wheelock has joined Maritz as director, telecommunications market­ing. Previously, he was with AT&T.

Nicholas G. Starker has joined Qual­ity Controlled Services as an account representative in the Chicago area.