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NEWS | PEOPLE

Caravan
Ingredients,
Lenexa, KS, named Marge
O'Brien consumer insight
manager. She will be responsible for capturing the
O'BRIEN
voice of the consumer to develop products and programs and will gather intelligence and track consumer trends.
The company also hired Andy Linajs as
business development manager, food and beverage. He
will gather intelligence and
track customer trends in
support of Caravan Ingredients' innovation process.
LINAJS
Cain Food Industries, Dallas, TX,
named Thomas McCurry executive vicepresident of sales and marketing. Prior
to joining Cain Food Industries, Mr.
McCurry was vice-president of business
development for Manildra Milling Corp.
Matthew Feder was named vice-president of business development. Mr. Feder
most recently served as the associate
publisher of Baking & Snack magazine.
Bradley Cain was promoted to vicepresident of R&D. In his new role, Mr.
Cain will coordinate activities between
the sales and R&D departments and oversee the development of new products.
P.L. Thomas, Morristown,
NJ, hired Sid Hulse as new
product development manager. Mr. Hulse will focus on
the company's new product
HULSE
initiatives, from incubation
to product launch, as well as dietary supplement and food sales in the US, Japan and
Korea. Mr. Hulse will focus on PLT's new
product initiatives, from incubation to product launch, as well as dietary supplement and
food sales in the US, Japan and Korea.

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Frederic Denver Pfening,
Jr., died Sept. 6, at the age
of 85. He is survived by
his loving wife of 63 years,
Lelia B. Pfening; two sons,
Frederic III (Janet), and PFENING JR.
Timothy (Suzi); three grandchildren,
Victoria Pfening Smith, Lesley Pfening,
and Frederic Pfening IV; and one greatgrandchild, Madeline Smith. He will be
missed by all.
In 1948, he joined the Fred D. Pfening
Co., which was founded by his father in
1919. He served as president of the company from 1954 to 1989, after which he
became board chairman. He was also
president of four other companies, the
most interesting of which was the Fred J.
Mack Circus, which he operated in 1955.
He served on many nonprofit boards,
including COSI, the Columbus Museum
of Art, the Friends of The Ohio State University Libraries, the Riverside Hospital
Foundation, the Circus World Museum,
the Crippled Childrens' Society and the
Upper Arlington Arts Council. He was
a lifetime member of First Community
Church. He was the recipient of many
honors. The two that meant the most
to him were election to the Columbus
Business Hall of Fame and a Lifetime
Achievement award from the Bakery
Equipment Manufacturers Association.
He was a member of the Young Presidents
Organization, Chief Executives Forum,
the Columbus Rotary Club, the Columbus Club, Scioto Country Club, The Ohio
State President's Club, the American
Society of Baking, the Columbus Food
and Wine Society and Chaine des
Rotisseurs, among others.
The circus was his passion. He was a
member of the Circus Historical Society
for close to 70 years and was president of
the organization from 1958 to 1963, and
he later served on its board of trustees.
He was editor of Bandwagon, the journal of the Circus Historical Society, from
1961 until his death, and was internation-

ally recognized as an expert on the circus.
He counted many circus professionals
among his friends.
A memorial service was held Sept. 16.
Contributions may be made to the Circus
World Museum, 550 Water St., Baraboo,
WI 53913, and to COSI (Center of Science
and Industry) Columbus attn: Development Dept., 333 W. Broad St., Columbus,
OH 43215. Please visit www.schoedinger.
com to extend condolences.
Thom as M. Garvin, former c.e.o. of
Keebler Co. for 14 years, passed away
July 30. He was 74. After beginning
his career at Coopers & Lybrand and
EKCO Products, Mr. Garvin joined
Keebler in 1969 as controller, later
moving on to executive vice-president
of finance and treasurer. He was named
executive vice-president of operations in
1974 and later became president in 1976.
He was named c.e.o. in 1978, a position
he held until leaving the company in
February 1993.
While at Keebler, Mr. Garvin was credited with helping broaden the company's
portfolio beyond cookies and crackers to
include salad dressings, seasonings and
pretzels. He also stepped up the company's charitable efforts, including making
Keebler the title sponsor for the annual
Keebler International Prep Track and Field
Invitational in Elmhurst, IL. In 1994, Mr.
Garvin joined a New York-based investment company in a joint venture to create
G.G. Products Co., Oak Brook, IL, along
with Onex Investment Corp., a subsidiary
of Onex Corp., Toronto, ON.
In 1995, Mr. Garvin, along with Tim
Collins, a former associate at a Canadianbased investment company, acquired Edwards Baking Co., Atlanta, GA, and Tripp
Bakers Products, Wheeling, IL. Mr. Garvin served
on the boards of First
Midwest Bancorp Inc., G.
Heileman Brewing Co. and
Glencoe Capital.
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