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Dr. Kien was first elected as a director of the Company in August 1995. From 1993 to 1995 Dr. Kien served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Remote Sensing Technologies Inc. a subsidiary of Envirotest Systems Inc. a company engaged in the development of instrumentation for vehicle emissions testing. From 1989 to 1993 Dr. Kien served as Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer of Sun Electric Corporation a manufacturer of automotive test equipment and served as a director and as Chairman of the Executive Committee of that company from 1980 to 1993. Sun Electric merged with Snap-On Tools in 1993 and Dr. Kien remained as President of the Sun Electric division of Snap-On Tools until his retirement in 1994. Dr. Kien was a co-founder of the First National Bank of Hoffman Estates and remained as a director from 1979 to 1990 and was a director of the Charter Bank and Trust of Illinois from 1984 to 1990. He served as a director of Systems Control Inc. and Vehicle Test Technologies Inc. from 1989 to 1993 both of which are engaged in emissions testing of motor vehicles. Dr. Kien received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Graduate College of Medicine in 1959. | 