NOTES ON PEOPLE (08/11/96)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Named VP, counsel for regional AAA

PITTSBURGH - Raymond M. Komichak was named vice-president and general counsel for the AAA West Penn/West Virginia Club. The announcement was made by Richard Hamilton, president and CEO of AAA West Penn/West Virginia.

Mr. Komichak is a 1970 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and a 1973 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his juris doctor. He comes to AAA from the Pittsburgh law firm of Tucker Arensberg P.C., where he was a shareholder practicing in the corporate, securities, tax and employee benefits areas.

He holds membership in the American, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County and Ukrainian American Bar Associations.

He is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Military Intelligence Branch, and is a member of the Reserve Officers Association.

Mr. Komichak is a director of the Ukrainian Selfreliance of Western Pennsylvania Federal Credit Union and serves as secretary for the Ukrainian Nationality Room Committee at the University of Pittsburgh.

He and his wife, Slava, live in Upper St. Clair, Pa., with their daughter Alexandra. Mr. Komichak is a member of UNA Branch 96 in Pittsburgh, where his wife is branch secretary. He is the son of Michael Komichak, the director of the Ukrainian radio program in Pittsburgh, which is co-sponsored by the UNA.

Graduates from Wharton School

CLIFTON, N.J. - John M. Zawada graduated from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania on May 21. The 240th commencement was held at the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center.

The Wharton School - founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the nation - is recognized around the world for its innovative leadership and broad academic strengths across every level of business education.

Mr. Zawada graduated cum laude, receiving a bachelor of science degree in economics with a dual concentration in accounting and finance. He was an active member and officer of the business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi and served on the board of directors of the school's credit union. He is a 1992 graduate of Clifton High School.

Mr. Zawada will begin working for the public accounting firm of Ernst and Young in New York City in the fall. He is a member of UNA Branch 182.

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