Names in the News - Feb. 19, 1990

Jerry Schemmel, deputy commissioner and general legal counsel for the Continental Basketball Assn., announced his resignation effective March 15. Schemmel, 30, served as acting commissioner for five months after the death of Jay Ramsdell, who was killed in a plane crash in Sioux City, Iowa, in July. Schemmel also was a passenger on the flight but escaped serious injury.