B-F Chief to Retire 

Dear Client:  Brown-Forman announced this afternoon that current president and ceo Lawson Whiting will retire. He will remain on with the company until a successor is appointed.  "On behalf of the Board and the Brown family, I want to thank Lawson for his nearly 30 years of dedication to Brown-Forman," says B-F chairman Marshall B. Farrer, adding he has led the company through "an era of macro challenges and changes with a clear and consistent vision for building the most