Kewaunee Scientific Corp. announced that William A. Shumaker, Kewaunee's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, will retire on June 30, 2013 after almost 20 years of service with the company. Mr. Shumaker will remain as a non-executive Chairman of the Board.

As part of a planned leadership succession process, the Board of Directors appointed David M. Rausch, current President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Mr. Shumaker and to become a member of its Board of Directors, both effective July 1, 2013. Mr. Shumaker, 65, joined the company in December 1993 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, after holding various management positions with businesses in the laboratory furniture and appliance industries for 24 years. Mr. Rausch, 54, joined Kewaunee in 1994 as Manager of Estimating.