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Rosanne Coppola, Bruce Koepfgen

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Fisher Scientific said this week that it has named Rosanne Coppola and Bruce Koepfgen to the company's board of directors.

Coppola is currently director of M&F Worldwide, and has held several senior management positions at Citicorp, said Fisher Scientific.

Koepfgen is CEO of Oppenheimer Capital. Prior to this, he was president of management consulting firm Koepfgen Company. He also spent 23 years at Salomon Brothers in various executive positions including managing director.

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