Thomas (Tom) E. Kallen retired after 35 years as chairman and chief executive officer of Bake-Line Products, Inc., the largest private label manufacturer of cookies in the United States. Company volume exceeded $100 million dollars annually. In 1993, the company was sold to United Biscuit P.L.C. of the U.K. which also owned the Keebler Company in the United States. While continuing as chief executive officer of Bake-Line Products for the next two years, Mr. Kallen also served on the senior management committee of Keebler's Cookie and Cracker Division. He currently serves as a founding member of the Paul H. Berger Graduate Fellowship Fund and teaches part-time in Columbia College's Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management Department. Mr. Kallen has a business degree from the University of Illinois.