Federated Department Stores Inc saidNorman Matthews has been elected president and chief operating
officer.
    Matthews has been vice chairman of the company since 1984,
and corporate executive vice president prior to that post, the
company said. The president's position has been vacant since
1982, it added.
    Federated also said it elected Allen Questrom as its
executive vice president. Questrom will continue in his present
position as chairman and chief executive officer of the Los
Angeles-based Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire department store
division, a subsidiary of Federated, the company said.
 Reuter
