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Bowne's Johnson Retires

NEW YORK CITY—Bowne & Co. announced the immediate retirement of Robert M. Johnson from the company and its board of directors for personal reasons. Johnson had been serving as chairman, president and CEO. The board has appointed H. Marshall Schwarz, currently chairman of the executive committee, to serve as non-executive chairman of the board and Philip E. Kucera, currently senior vice president and general counsel, assumes the role of interim CEO.