FirstAm Promotes Controller to Veep

Paul W. Knutson has been promoted from controller to vice president at The First American Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., a provider of title insurance, mortgage information, and other business data.Mr. Knutson joined First American in 1988 as a staff auditor for the company's largest subsidiary, First American Title Insurance Co., and after various promotions became controller of First American Title in 1998 and of the parent company in 2001. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.firstam.com.