Dick Dutterer, a dry-cleaning executive, recently became general manager of Admiral Cleaners for Carroll County.

He is responsible for stores in Finksburg, Eldersburg, Sykesville, Mount Airy and Westminster.

Mr. Dutterer, who lives in Manchester, began his career as a presser and spotter in 1960. After moving briefly to Orlando, Fla., in 1974 to supervise the new Disney World Theme Park Dry Cleaning and Laundry Department, he returned to Maryland to become plant manager for Padonia Cleaners. He is the former owner of Westminster Quality Cleaners, which was bought by Admiral.

Since 1979, he has been associated with a Hanover, Pa., dry-cleaning business, where he built a clientele that extended into Montgomery County.

Admiral Cleaners has 24 locations in Maryland, including in Anne Arundel, Prince George's and Carroll counties and on the Eastern Shore.