NAA 50th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION in GRAND RAPIDS

July 28, 1999 — For Immediate Release

Overland Park, Kan. — A Mason, Mich., man has been elected to a three-year term on the National Auctioneers Association Board of Directors.

William L. Sheridan, CAI, AARE, was elected as a director of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) on July 22, during the association's Annual Meeting.  The meeting was a portion of the NAA's 50th Anniversary Convention in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 20-24.

Sheridan is the owner and operator of Owosso Livestock Sales Company, a regional livestock marketing company.   Sheridan is also the owner and founder of Sheridan Auction Services, Inc., a statewide auction company primarily involved in marketing farm machinery, registered dairy and beef cattle.

In 1992, he was one of the founders of The Brokerage Land Company, a statewide land marketing firm.  He is president of the Livestock Marketing Association, past president of the Michigan State Auctioneers Association and was recently appointed chairman of the Michigan Beef Industry Commission.

He is currently chairman of the Michigan Beef Expo, one of the largest beef expos in the Midwest.  He was recently appointed to serve on the NAA Long-Range Planning Committee.  He served as the Michigan Chairman of the 1999 International Auctioneer Championship, a highlight of the 50th Anniversary Convention.  As an NAA director, he will serve on the association's Public Relations Committee.

As a director, he will help govern the activities of the NAA.  He will travel on the association's behalf, appearing at state auctioneer association's conventions and meetings and presenting educational seminars.

The NAA is a nearly 6,000-member organization dedicated to advancing the auction profession.  It provides continuing education and networking opportunities to its members and promotes the auction method of marketing to the general public and various groups.

The association recently fulfilled a $1 million pledge to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis Tenn., and has since made an additional $1 million pledge.

Other directors elected with Sheridan were Sherman Hostetter Jr., CAI, AARE, GPPA, GRI, CRS, of Beaver Falls, PA.; Mike Jones, CAI, of Dallas; and Dennis K. Kruse, CAI, GRI, of Auburn, Ind.