On the Record / September 12, 2008
Hires/Promotions/ Honors
Walsh Insurance Group President and Chief Operating Officer Edward Walsh Jr. will be presented the Kaleida Health Spirit Award at the Kaleida Ball September 20 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The Spirit Award is given to those in appreciation for support of Kaleida Health.
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The Million Dollar Round Table, an international association of life insurance and financial services professionals, honored Richard C. Moldenhauer of Moldenhauer and Associates in Orchard Park with the Top of the Table designation. Moldenhauer received the honor for demonstrating exceptional professional knowledge, client service and ethical conduct.
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The Buffalo Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals named William Wright, Robert Fahey Jr. and Phillip Gallson chairpersons for the Professional Development Committee for 2008-2009.
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The Buffalo World Trade Association named David Nojaim of Languatek and Labortek president for 2008-2009. Other officers: First vice president, Jim Trubits, Mohawk Global Logistics; second vice president, Dr. Ed Arnold, M&T Insurance Agency; treasurer, Frank Lojaccono III, FLL Trading; and executive secretary, Cherryl J. Miller, Fisher-Price. Board members: Jeanette Crast, Dr. Susan Kowalewski, Tehsheng Ma, and Carlos De Chellis, Darlene Kaminska, John Miller, David Greenberg, Ed Kresconko, S. J. Lombardo, and Kathleen Burns.
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Hodgson Russ named Elizabeth K. Buscaglia an associate in the law firm’s Immigration Practice Group in its Buffalo office.
Company items
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, a Paris-headquartered group specializing in the inspection, analysis, audit, and certification of products, infrastructure and management systems, was one of several companies recognized with a 2007/2008 Team of the Year Award by Tween Brands, a specialty retailer for tweens (ages 7 to 14) at its Vendor Appreciation Awards.
••• Sotek/Belrix of Buffalo was named an associate member of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association, a St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered organization of companies that sell service and repair industrial electric motors, generators, transformers, controls and relationed electro-mechanical equipment.
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Paragon Advertising, a Buffalo advertising, marketing and public relations firm, was named agency of record by Best Ever Buffalo, a Los Angeles-based hat company that makes fur hats with buffalo/bull horns protruding from the top.
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Gooding Co., a Lockport-based manufacturer of inserts and outserts for the pharmaceutical and medical industries, launched a new Web site at www.theinsertoutsertexperts.com . Patents
Title: “Low profile thermosiphon” No.: 7,422,052 Inventors: Reyzin, Ilya (Williamsville); Bhatti, Mohinder Singh (Amherst); Joshi, Shrikant Mukund (Williamsville)
Assignee: Delphi Technologies (Troy, Mich.) Date issued: Sept. 9, 2008
