BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kaman Corp.
(Nasdaq: KAMN) today announced that Neal J. Keating has assumed the role of
president and chief executive officer of the company. He is also a member
of the company's board of directors. As CEO, he succeeds Paul R. Kuhn, who
will continue as chairman until his retirement on February 29, 2008.
Keating, 52, who joined Kaman as president and chief operating officer
on September 17, 2007, previously was chief operating officer of Hughes
Supply, a $5.4 billion industrial distribution business that was acquired
by Home Depot. Prior to that he was managing director and chief executive
officer at GKN Aerospace while serving as an executive director on the main
board of GKN plc, and as a member of the board of directors of
Agusta-Westland. He started his career with Rockwell Automation, rising
over a 24-year period to the position of executive vice president and chief
operating officer of Rockwell Collins Commercial Systems.
A native of Illinois, Keating received his bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1977 and his
Executive MBA from the University of Chicago in 1988.
Kaman Corp., headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn., conducts business in
the aerospace and industrial distribution markets.
SOURCE Kaman Corporation
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CONTACT:
Russell H. Jones, SVP, Chief Investment
Officer & Treasurer of Kaman Corporation, +1-860-243-6307,
Russell.Jones@kaman.com
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