Jun 15, 1999

McCormick & Schmick's

Christopher Mortenson was recently appointed executive chef at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restauarant. Mortenson formerly served as executive chef at McCormick & Schmick's Harborside Restaurant. McCormick's Fish House & Bar has appointed Kerry White as the executive chef. White formerly served as sous chef at McCormick's Fish House & Bar.

Pike Place Market

Sylvia McDaniel has been named the new communications and marketing director for the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority. McDaniel formerly served as a communications director for a Seattle-based international adoption and child assistance organization.

Association of Legal Administrators

The Association of Legal Administrators, Puget Sound Chapter, recently elected Julie Livengood president; Rita Alli president-elect; Mary White immediate past president; Renee Griggs secretary; Susan Gantt treasurer; Peter Roberts bar liaison; and Helena Czajkowski membership services.

University of Washington

Dr. Marvin Turck, professor of medicine at the University of Washington, recently received the 1999 distinguished teacher award presented by the American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine.

Seattle Bindery

Seattle Bindery, a trade shop providing bindery, tabbing, die-cutting, foil stamping and embossing services for regional printing companies, recently appointed Randy Daffinson financial manager. Daffinson formerly served as an accountant with RTC Industries Inc., a manufacturer of point of purchase displays and packaging.

Holaday-Parks

Seattle's Holaday-Parks has made several additions and promotions. John Gray and Andy Papadatos have joined the company's design/build engineering division as project engineers, Perry Christian and David Price are the company's newest CAD professionals, Erik Frederickson has become the CAD group manager, and Dan Connell was promoted to project manager. Gray was most recently with the Boeing Co. in the facilities resource engineering group, working with steam condensate systems, chilled water plants and other projects. Papadatos previously created greenhouse designs for Boullion. Both are now working on the Schnitzer Corporate Campus in Bothell. Connell is managing the Laguna South/Allied Signal office building project in Redmond.

Absher Construction

Puyallup's Absher Construction has been named MassMutual's 1998 National Family Business of the Year in the medium (50-250 employees) business category. Absher was praised by judges in a number of criteria, including business success, positive links between family and business, multiple generations of involvement, contributions to the community and industry, and innovative business practices and strategies. MassMutual will donate $5,000 to Pacific Lutheran University in Absher's name. The company will also be honored this November at the annual Washington Family Business Forum and Awards.

Evergreen

Evergreen Building Products has named Michael Meledandri its residential sales representative for dryvit, the company's exterior insulation and finish systems line. Meledandri will be responsible for the greater Seattle area. He previously worked in the New York area for an EIFS distributor and foam board manufacturer.

Ryan GC

The Steelcraft Construction division of Ryan General Contractors has received an award from Butler Manufacturing for reaching the $5 million mark in sales of Butler's pre-engineered metal buildings. Ryan is based in Woodinville.