April 27, 2009 (FinancialWire) — The Gorman-Rupp Co.’s (AMEX: GRC) board has elected Wayne L. Knabel to the positions of chief financial officer and treasurer effective May 1. Knabel joined the company in March 2008 as assistant to the CFO and was elected to the position of vice president finance in April 2008.

Knabel previously served as CFO of other manufacturing and distribution companies for fifteen years. Prior to that, he was a senior audit services partner and national SEC senior partner with Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago, and in Ernst & Young’s Cleveland and Akron, Ohio offices.

The Gorman-Rupp board also elected Ronald D. Pittenger to the positions of VP and assistant treasurer effective May 1. Pittenger joined the company in 1993 and most recently was corporate controller prior to his election as assistant treasurer in April 2008.

Robert E. Kirkendall, Gorman-Rupp’s current CFO, will retire April 30 and Judith L. Sovine will retire from her position as treasurer as of the same date.

Kirkendall joined the company in April 1978 and served in various corporate officer positions until he was elected to his current executive positions in May 2003.

Mansfield, Ohio-based Gorman-Rupp Makes pumps and related products used for municipal sewage, industrial, irrigation, fire protection, agriculture and OEM and other markets.

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