Thomas S. Rittenhouse to Retire as President and Chief Executive Officer of the

Thomas S. Rittenhouse to Retire as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jack Grasso - jgrasso@uc-council.org - Friday, October 24,2003 LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ October 27, 2003 -- The Uniform Code Council (UCC) announced today that Thomas S. Rittenhouse, President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire effective January 1, 2004. Mr. Rittenhouse was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of the Uniform Code Council in February of 1997 following a thirty-year career in the retail industry.
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