Changing Ranks.

• Author: Heffes, Ellen M.
• Position: Domestic - Resignation, appointments at Financial Accounting Standards Board, Securities and Exchange Commission - Brief Article

FASB Chairman Stepping Down: Edmund L. Jenkins, chairman of the FASB since July 1997, announced his intension to retire upon completion of his five-year term, which ends on June 30, 2002. A successor is expected to be named prior to that time.

FASC Names Chairman: Richard J. Swift, the former chairman, president and chief financial officer of Foster Wheeler Ltd., has been named Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Council (FASAC), effective Jan. 1...