The board of directors of Atlanta-based Equifax has elected Thomas F. Chapman to be chairman of the board, succeeding C.B. "Jack" Rogers, who is retiring. Chapman will continue to serve as president and CEO of Equifax. Rogers will continue as chairman of the executive committee until his 70th birthday in October.

Kate Feather has been promoted to vice president, RONIN Research Services, Princeton, N.J. RONIN has also appointed Joanne Sonnelitter as senior technical research manager and Elizabeth Zhou as technical research manager.

The Marketing Research Association (MRA) has installed its 1999-2000 board members. Officers installed to the board are: Joanne Robbibaro of Lieberman Research Worldwide, Los Angeles, Calif., as president; Judith Hominy of Pat Henry Market Research, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, as president-elect; Carl Iseman of Assistance in Marketing/Baltimore, Towson, Md., as treasurer; Judy Dyer of Yankelovich Partners, Norwalk, Conn., as secretary; and Donald J. Marek, Jr., of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, St. Louis, Mo., as immediate past president. Installed as directors at large are: Paula Crimmins of Crimmins and Forman Market Research, Inc., Southfield, Mich.; Christine Farber of Eagle Research Denver; J. Patrick Galloway of Galloway Research Services, San Antonio, Texas; Gwen Kaplan of Survey Sampling, Inc., Fairfield, Conn.; Cathy Kneidl of Maritz Marketing Research, Fenton, Mo.; Sheila Lundy of AC Nielsen/BASES, Covington, Ky.; Michael Mermelstein of Communications Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Jane Rosen, Nichols Research, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.; Peter Van Brunt of ReData, Inc., Bethesda, Md.; and Betsy Peterson, MRA executive director.

Atlanta-based Elrick & Lavidge Marketing Research has named Duncan Millar director, business development group, Los Angeles.

Burke Marketing Research (BMR), Cincinnati, has promoted Ray Barber, Linda Klump and Linda Orewiler to senior vice president, BMR client services. Burke Customer Satisfaction Associates has promoted Tim Boyd to senior vice president.

Karen Stuth has joined Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch, Monument, Col., as a vice president. In addition, Collette N. Kakuk has joined Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch in Southern California as a vice president.

John C. Holt, former chairman and CEO of ACNielsen has joined the board of advisors of Streamware Corporation, Norwood, Mass.based Streamware is a market research and management software firm specializing in the information needs of the vending and food service industries.

Bart Zehren has joined Applied Marketing Science, Waltham, Mass., as a principal. An independent consultant in marketing research the past four years, Zehren is a former vice president of marketing research, Information & Planning Services for Citicorp (now Citigroup) Diners Club.

Gregory C. Ellis, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Princeton, N.J.-based Opinion Research Corporation, was elected to the company's board of directors.

Dane May has been named chief financial officer of Clearwater Research at the company's Boise, Idaho, office. At the firm's Council, Idaho, office, Janette Schill has been promoted to data collection assistant supervisor, and Jennifer Madsen and Leola Rice have been promoted to data collection helpers.

Children's Television Workshop, New York, has appointed Susan Royer to the newly created position of vice president for research strategy.

Modem Media, a Norwalk, Conn., builder and marketer of customer-focused e-businesses, has named Cathy Peterson senior director Strategic Research Services.

After 34 years in the research and polling industry, Barry Jacobs has announced his retirement. Jacobs worked as research director at Pepsi-Cola Company in the '70s, co-founded Moskowitz Jacobs Inc. in 1981 and finished his career as a vice president of Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center.

Walter Lindenmann, SVP/director of research at Ketchum, a New York public relations firm, will retire early next year. He will begin a part-time schedule this fall as Ketchum conducts a search for a new director.

Robert Costantini has been named chief financial officer at FocusVision Worldwide, Stamford, Conn.

Sigma: Research Management Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, has named Steven Schulz vice president in charge of quantitative services.

Stamford, Conn.-based ACNielsen Corporation has named Brian D. Chadbourne president of ACNielsen Europe. He will be based at the company's Waterloo, Belgium European headquarters.

George Gubert has been named president of SNAP Software, which supplies a tool used to analyze Nielsen Sweeps ratings data.

Information Resources, Inc., Chicago, has appointed Rick Kurz division president, strategic business development and planning.

The Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR) recognized the contributions of its early leadership at a commemorative ceremony held at the Helmsley Hotel in New York City in May. "These individuals stepped forward to lead the industry in tackling our two most critical issues - restrictive legislation and declining respondent cooperation," says CMOR President Diane Bowers.

"From a handful of founding supporters, these leaders made CMOR, Bowers says. "While we have many challenges before us, thanks to these individuals we now have the foundation and armament in place to continue CMOR's good and important work."

Those honored were: Harry Heller, chairman of The Heller Research Group, who served as CMOR co-chair, 1992-1994; Tod Johnson, chairman and CEO, The NPD Group, Inc., cited as founding co-chair, 1992-1994; Larry Mock, vice president, consumer & market knowledge, Procter & Gamble, recognized as CMOR co-chair, 1997-1998; Mimi Nichols, president, Nichols Research, cited as CMOR secretary/treasurer, 1992-1994; Amy Pizzarello, vice president, marketing research, American Express Corporation, noted as CMOR co-chair, 1994-1995; Arthur Shapiro, executive vice president, marketing and strategy, Seagram Americas, division of Seagram Spirits and Wine Group, who served as CMOR co-chair, 1992-1994.

Patrick Quigley has been named director of sales of the U.S. operation of SPSS MR, Chicago.