Ahmanson names Forster to 2 key posts.

IRWINDALE, Calif. -- H.F. Ahmanson & Co., parent of Home Savings of America, said that Fredric J. Forster has been named chief operating officer of Ahmanson, and president and chief operating officer of Home Savings.

Forster, 48, succeeds Charles R. Rinehart who, as reported, will become president and chief executive of Ahmanson, and chairman and chief executive of Home Savings on Monday, when Richard H. Deihl retires as chief executive. Deihl will remain as chairman of Ahmanson.

Ahmanson said that Forster, who joined the company in February as president of Home Savings, was in 1979 the founding president of Newport Balboa Savings and Loan Association, which was purchased in 1983 by ITT Corp's ITT Financial Corp.

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