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Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) said its net income rose 32% and diluted earnings per share increased by 30% for the year ended Jan. 31, 2003.

For the first time in its 75-year history, Orlando, Fla.-based Hughes Supply will have a non-family member as its chief executive officer.

Hercules Chemical Co. announced that Jay Fidler, chairman, retired April 30 after a 57-year career with the company.

Jay R. Smith, 92, chairman of the board and former president of Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. from 1942 to 1978, died of natural causes at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 28.

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (3,000+ members), the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, the American Backflow Prevention Association and the World Plumbing Council have endorsed ISH North America.

Tony Taschler, 56, regional sales manager for Sharpe Valves, died April 17 in St. Louis of a heart attack.

Cash Acme, a division of Reliance World Wide, named Kendrick Reaves the North American national sales and marketing manager.

An auction and roast is planned for June 4 at the Sheraton Towers, Framingham, Mass., to help Brad Sell, a 33-year veteran of the PHCP distribution industry, who is battling prostate cancer.

Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) appointed Ray Collins president/general manager, Salem, Ore.

Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson purchased Linwood Pipe and Supply Co., based in Detroit, and Hanco Plumbing Supply of Ashland, Ky. Both companies were acquired through asset transactions.