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Next was the job of chief financial officer for the newspaper. Before his last promotion to chief operating officer for the Post corporation, Mr. Spoon served as vice presi- dent of the corporation and president of Newsweek. Mr. Spoon now reports directly to Donald Graham, the company's president and CEO, who in May succeeded his mother, Katharine Graham, 73, who held that position since 1973. "His mind is just in an- other league than most people's," said Mrs. Graham, who remains the company's chairman of the board of directors. "He is both analytic and observant, a very quick study and a driven worker. Besides that, he is a warm and charismatic personality." His secretary, Wendy Bannahan, said Mr. Spoon was "born to win." "On a typical weekend day, he can get in a piano lesson, a tennis game and probably fit in a game of golf," she said. (He _said he doesn't have much spare time these days for recrea- tion.) "Mentally, he is in- timidating," Ms. Brannahan said. "But on top of it all, he is just a nice guy. The downside is that he is so busy that many people don't get a chance to see that." The Spoons live in Potomac, Md., with their three children, and both are active in the Jewish community. Alan Spoon is a board member of Har Shalom, a Conservative synagogue. Terri Spoon serves on the board of the Hebrew school. "It's part of our lives," Mr. Spoon said. "My personal values are much influenced by my Jewish upbringing." His rapid success hasn't surprised his parents, Harry and Mildred Spoon of Southfield. The former Southfield High School class president always excelled in classes, graduating as salutatorian. He passed so many ad- vanced placement courses in high school that he entered MIT as a sophomore. He also was athletic. He loves to play tennis and sail. At MIT, he played pick-up hockey and was captain of the university sailing team. "He has always had that sense of challenge and Alan Spoon: Up the ladder. fight," Millie Spoon said. "He's been like that since he was a little boy. "Nothing that Alan ever did surprised me," she said. "He always did things well. To me, he is still young little Alan, still sweet and unassuming and very much a family man." In fact, the Spoon family will make its way to Mich- igan from Potomac, Md., in August to celebrate Mildred and Harry Spoon's 50th wedding anniversary. ❑ Alan Spoon isn't phased by his position as the highest ranking business executive for the Post. He works hard, and he works many hours. "I don't pay a lot of atten- tion to my physical position and how I got there," he said. "I am analytical, fast, always fair and part of the team." ❑ IN BRIEF Iimm ELLEN SCHOENWALD has been named production assistant for WXYZ/Channel 7 Action News. BARBARA RADER has joined the neurology depart- ment at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where she will serve as coordinator of the Epilepsy Clinic. - JAMES MICHELSON, JR. has joined Simons Michelson Zieve Advertising as account executive. For the past four years, Mr. Michelson was an account executive with Geer DuBois Advertising in New York City. DIANE REIS has been nam- ed press secretary for U.S. Rep. Sander Levin. Ms. Reis was formerly the director of government relations and public affairs for Business and Professional Women/ USA, a national association of 100,000 working women bas- ed in Washington, D.C.