>From the Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.), Saturday, March 16, 1996:
MICHIE DUMPS PRESIDENT IN SHAKEUP
The president of Charlottesville's Michie Co. has been forced to resign
and three top executives were fired this week as Michie's parent company,
Lexis-Nexis, looks to push the subsidiary's profits to former levels.
. . .
A spokeswoman for Lexis-Nexis in Dayton, Ohio, said president David
Harriman's departure is the resunt of a "mutual agreement" between him
and corporate headquarters.
Reached by phone Friday, though, Harriman said he is "in the dark" as
to why he is no longer at the head of the company, which publishes state
law books. Harriman, 47, worked for Michie for 22 years.
The three fired executives are:
-- Adrian Kowalsky, vice president of production services.
-- Reginald Ryals, vice president of human resources.
-- William Brandl, director of management information services.
They have been replaced by other Michie managers.
. . .
In a written statement, Lexis-Nexis officials described the housecleaning
as an attempt "to further meld the vision and mission of Michie with
Lexis-Nexis."
Paul Brown, chief operating officer of Legal Information Services for
Lexis-Nexis and the one who decided to get rid of the four executives, said:
"We feel it is time to refocus so that Michie can meet its potential for growth
in the future."
. . .
. . . Harriman will be replaced temporarily by Larry Thompson, vice president
of marketing for Legal Information Services in Dayton. Thompson talked to
Michie employees Friday, then flew back to Dayton in the afternoon.
Harriman, meanwhile, said he does not yet have any plans for the future.
Said Harriman: "I'll have to give it some thought."
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Kent Olson
UVA Law Library
kco4f@virginia.edu
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