Terry Keane, former vice president of Smith International,Houston, has been named vice president and general manager of theGas Research Institute’s Exploration and Production Business Unitin Chicago.

Spokane, WA-based Avista Corp.’s board of directors nominatedJessie J. Knight Jr. to stand for election as a member of thecompany’s board at its annual meeting in May. Knight served as acommissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission from1993-98.

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