MMB, Boston, is opening a New York office, specializing in digital assignments.
Rod Underhill, a principal at the Richards Group, Dallas, was named to the added post of chief executive at Spherical, a new unit specializing in branding assignments.
Now the Norwegian military stresses specialized units suited for UN and NATO assignments.
Mr. Shulman was part of a postwar generation of commercial architecture photographers who specialized in Modernist buildings, working on assignment for architects and mass-market magazines like Life, House & Garden and Good Housekeeping as well as architecture publications.
Mr. Castree, whose Broadway career began with "Grease" in 1994, seems to have specialized until now in ensemble roles, understudy assignments and benefit concerts ("Hair," "Funny Girl," "Dreamgirls").
The EFI's goal is to provide the biological community with tools and strategies for functional assignment that do not require specialized knowledge.
For many years, Mr. Lissner specialized in writing about economics, but his varied assignments as a reporter and rewrite man included Prohibition raids, tong wars in Chinatown and coverage of The Times itself.
The Baltimore office, which specializes in direct marketing assignments, will close Aug. 31.
Financial Dynamics, London and New York, acquired Dittus Communications, Washington, an agency specializing in public affairs assignments.
Employed by the US Department of Energy, he specialized in ground-water contamination from nuclear waste; as a research hydrogeologist, he accepted assignments world-wide and had extensive travels in Ukraine and Russia.
