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Dick Heimovicks, a selfstyled "crusty old professor," apparently knows a good deal about how to manage and motivate employees. The University of Missouri-Kansas City, where Dick has taught for more than 20 years, picked him for its new Aaron Levitt Professor of Human Relations chair in the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration. He'll also develop the executive M.B.A. program at the school. A University of Kansas Ph.D., Dick co-authored Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations. He has been president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Last year he helped establish a school of management in Plzen, Czech Republic. Wife Cathy is director of research at the Bloch School's L.P. Cookingham Institute of Public Affairs. Daughters Meg and Sarah are in high school.

James von Gal of Quechee, Vt., continues to move up the ladder at National Life of Vermont, one of the 25 largest mutual life insurance companies. He's been promoted to director-product coordination, after serving as product systems consultant since 1989. Previously he spent more than 2 0 years at Connecticut Mutual Life, where he was second vice president.

I Expect more accuracy and speed from the Census Bureau. In addition to equipping their data collectors with laptop computers this year, they've also appointed 15-year veteran Ken Meyer to regional director of the New York Regional office, one of 12 regions. A geographer by training, Ken is already gearing up for the major census in the year 2000 by conducting a test in Paterson, N.J. "One goal is to eliminate the undercount in inner city areas," said Ken, who taught for several years at Temple University previously. The census bureau performs surveys of unemployment, healthcare, and crime victimization besides its regular head-counting responsibilities. "Logistically, it's a huge operation," says Ken, employing thousands of permanent parttimers who work on a project basis. Ken and Carol, president of United Way of Passaic County, live in Tenafly, N.J.

Dave Bunting, an executive recruiter in Wolfeboro, N.H., has teamed with Gene Laka '64 to form Generation Ukraine Inc. which assists U.S. companies seeking to enter the Ukrainian market. For starters, they collaborated with Turner Construction to build 100,000 square feet of office space in Kiev, the capital. And they're introducing software products into the market for a San Francisco company. Bunting and Laka are seeking Western expertise to build up the farm-economy and joint-venture partners for three Ukrainian enterprises. A native of Ukraine, Laka lives in Kiev. Contact Dave Bunting at Generation Ukraine Inc., P.O. Box 2010, Wolfeboro, NH 03894; (603) 569-3000, fax (603) 569-3800.

Have you skied with your psychiatrist lately? How about your architect? You can get both in one package with Ned Harley, M.D., M. Arch, of Vail, Colo., who also writes books, teaches skiing, and does figurative and expressionist oil paintings. His second book, Let'sGo Skiing with a Psychiatrist, is due out soon, following the 1993 Guide to Vail and BeaverCreek. Also for sale on a preconstruction offering is Ned's first "built" project, a 4,200- square-foot home on the sunny side of Vail.

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