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Roger Brown, owner of All-American Recycling Inc., Columbus, Ga., has been inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame in Fort Benning, Ga.

Brown joined the Army in 1963 and served in the 101st Airborne Division as a rifleman. He attended Ranger School in 1965 and re-enlisted for Vietnam several times.

His awards and decorations include two Bronze Stars with V Device for Valor; one Army Commendation with V Device; and a Purple Heart.

In 1974, Brown was assigned to Fort Benning to help form the First Ranger Battalion. He served as a weapons platoon leader, a company executive officer and the company commander of Battle Company First Ranger Battalion. He then served in increasingly higher ranking roles in the Ranger Department in the U.S. and in Europe, retiring from the Army in 1983.

The National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) has named Chris Ockenfels of Document Destruction and Recycling Services (DDRS), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as its "Member of the Year." DDRS is a subsidiary of City Carton Recycling.

Ockenfels and DDRS have been NAID members for more than seven years. During that time, he has served on the NAID board as secretary and as a director. He was responsible for directing the development of the Complaint Resolution Council and is currently serving as chair of that council, which enforces NAID’s code of ethics.

DDRS has three facilities in Iowa and provides on-site and off-site confidential material destruction of paper documents and electronic media.

Robert V. Henning, the former president of Belmont Metals Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., has passed away at the age of 87.

Henning, who was born in Brooklyn, served with Belmont Metals for 65 years, including almost 30 years as the company’s president. His father founded the company in 1896 and his son Richard succeeded him as president in the fall of 2003.

The company says Robert Henning will always be remembered for his "incredible work ethic, dedication to the family tradition and ethical values."