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Lawrence Widi has been promoted to vice president at Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee.

Brad Larson has been promoted to telephone center director at Paria Group, Orem, Utah.

Hillary Baskin has been named study director at C/J Research Inc., Wheaton, Ill. Richard Chay has joined the com­pany as senior vice president and research director.

Kevin Vaselakes has been promoted to account representative at Quality Controlled Services, Fenton, Mo. Vaselakes will serve clients in the Midwest region.

Polly Kleissas has been named direc­tor of Interviewing Service of America's new Annapolis, Md. office. The firm is based in Van Nuys, Calif.

Herbert Abelson has been named associate director of the Princeton Uni­versity Survey Center. Abelson is co-founder and former CEO of Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, N.J.

Jim Fouss served as chairman of the 18th Annual Workshop committee for CASRO's 1993 Annual Workshop in September. Fouss is president of Re­sponse Analysis Corp., Princeton, N.J.

Kimberly Graham Lee has been named senior vice president, client ser­vice and new product development at Indianapolis-based Walker Research & Analysis. Lee Markowitz has been named vice president, marketing sci­ences.

David Vail has joined ICR Survey Research Group as vice president/man­aging director. Vail will head the firm's new West Coast office in Woodlan Hills, Calif. ICR is a division of AUS Consultants, based in Media, Pa.

Louis Cook has been promoted to project manager at the phone center of FGI Market Research, Chapel Hill, N.C. Cook will also act as the on-site project manager for Marketing Intelligence, the Catharpin, Va., market research firm that merged with FGI earlier this year.

Fred Selak has been appointed niches product manager for Detroit-based R. L. Polk & Co. Selak will work for the Polk Direct Group in Taylor, Mich.

John Bynum has joined Market Seg­ment Research, Coral Gables, Fla., as vice president.

Jan Johnson has joined Rockwood Research, St. Paul, Minn., as research consultant.

Carolyn Garfein has been appointed executive vice president at Winona MRB Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.

Karon Kiffel has been named a se­nior research analyst at Milwaukee-based Cramer-Krasselt.

Rosalie Renfrew has been appointed director of field services at Access Re­search, Windsor, Conn. She is respon­sible for managing the company's field research activities, including data col­lection, off-site focus groups and ex­ecutive interviews.

Raymond O. Herman died Aug. 18 as a result of a stroke. Herman was president of Herman Research Corp., Atlanta.