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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October, 2002

Kishwaukee Health names new CEO DEKALB - Kishwaukee Health System said it has named Kevin Poorten president and chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1. He succeeds Robert Jackson, interim CEO since Diane Torres resigned in May. Poorten had been regional vice president of Province Healthcare in Brentwood, Tenn.

The health system is the parent company of Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb. Cat, partners receive technology funding AURORA - Caterpillar Inc and two partners will get funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Cat said Thursday, to develop technology to improve durability and lower costs of large structures and machines critical to the U.S. economy. The $9 million program, run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a...