Southern Company named Anthony J. Topazi vice president of fuelservices for Southern Company Generation, the business unitresponsible for developing and operating all non-nuclear SouthernCompany generating plants in the Southeast. Topazi is currentlyvice president of the Birmingham division for Alabama Power,Southern Company’s electric operating company in the state. In hisnew position, he will be responsible for managing the company’snon-nuclear fuel business, including planning, procurement anddelivery of the system’s coal, oil and gas requirements. Topaziwill report to John F. Young, executive vice president of SouthernCompany Generation.

Kerr-McGee Corp. said John C. Linehan, executive vice presidentand chief financial officer, will retire at the end of 1999. RobertM. Wohleber has been elected senior vice president and chieffinancial officer. Linehan has been with the company since 1985. Hestarted with Kerr-McGee as vice president and controller, becamesenior vice president and chief financial officer in 1987 and wasnamed to his current position in 1997. Wohleber will joinKerr-McGee Dec. 1. He was previously with the Freeport-McMoRancompanies for 13 years, most recently serving as executive vicepresident, chief financial officer and director of McMoRanExploration Co.

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