James R. Emshoff was named president of...

James R. Emshoff was named president of Chicago-based Citicorp Diners Club Inc. on Thursday.

Emshoff comes to Diners Club after six years at Campbell Soup Co., most recently as group general manager of its soup unit and head of its newly acquired Casera Foods unit in Puerto Rico.

In addition to other senior roles at Campbell, Emshoff was also a consultant and professor at the Wharton School, where he received a doctorate in operations research.

“Jim Emshoff is an outstanding executive with an excellent track record in both operations and marketing and is ideally suited to lead Diners Club’s ambitious plans for 1985 and into the future,” said Thomas F. Barnum, chairman of Citicorp’s services division.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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CALIFORNIA

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