PPG spokesman Ruch retires; Worden heads public relations

Citation

(2001), "PPG spokesman Ruch retires; Worden heads public relations", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 30 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2001.12930fab.013

PPG spokesman Ruch retires; Worden heads public relations

PPG spokesman Ruch retires; Worden heads public relations

Keywords: PPG Industries

John S. Ruch, PPG Industries' manager of corporate public information, has retired concluding a PPG career spanning nearly 33 years. He has been succeeded by Jeffrey A. Worden, who was named manager of public relations and will be responsible for media relations and executive and internal communication.

Ruch, 61, joined PPG in 1968 as public relations representative for chemical businesses and later managed a public relations staff serving all PPG businesses. He became eastern region public relations manager in New York City in 1976, returned to Pittsburgh in 1982 as corporate media relations manager, and has held his current post since 1998.

Ruch came to PPG from the public relations staff of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and earlier was a reporter for United Press International at bureaus in Pennsylvania and Ohio before managing UPI's Cleveland bureau.