Local Retired Executive Dies

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on October 30, 2008 4:28 PM | | Comments (0) |

Manhattan Beach resident Philip M. Neal, the retired chairman of office products giant Avery Dennison Corp., died of heart failure on Wednesday. He was 68.

Neal spent 32 years with the Pasadena-based company. He joined the firm in 1974 as controller.

In November 1990, Neal was elected president and COO. He was appointed CEO in May 1998, and in May 2000 he became chairman and CEO. Neal retired in 2005.

Born in San Diego on August 28, 1940, Neal is survived by his wife, Beverly, and two children, Brian and Kevin Neal.

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