Hollywood : Chamber Names Directors

The Chamber of Commerce has named its new slate of directors and has reelected Christopher Baumgart to a second term as board chairman.

Baumgart, president of Shoreline Professional Video Systems, won 26 to 13--”an overwhelming majority,” a statement by the chamber said.

Also elected at the directors’ meeting last week were six officers proposed by the nominating committee and accepted unanimously: Senior Vice Chairman William Fleet, publisher, Hollywood Independent Newspapers; Vice Chairman Alix Baptiste, general manager, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; Vice Chairman Julie Kleinick, vice president, M & S Management; Vice Chairman Joe Hummel, administrator, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Los Angeles; Treasurer Donald Putrimas, vice president, Warner Hollywood Studios, and Secretary Henry Hilty, president, A. F. Gilmore Co. (owners of the Farmers Market).

The group takes office April 1 and will serve one-year terms.