Barry Pesner has been appointed president of...

Barry Pesner has been appointed president of Universal Directory Publishing Corp., succeeding his father, Stanley, who remains president of a sister company, Elson-Alexandre Portrait Studios. Barry Pesner joined Universal as director of computer operations, and had been executive vice president before his promotion. Universal, a professional pictorial directory publisher, recently moved its executive offices in Los Angeles and its production staff in Fullerton to a new plant in Buena Park.