Angelo Coppola resigned as deputy director of the $7 billion Arkansas...

Angelo Coppola resigned as deputy director of the $7 billion Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, Little Rock, effective March 15. He plans to retire, said Bill A. Shirron, executive director. Mr. Coppola had served a 30-day suspension in December and January for charging the pension fund for personal cell phone calls and personal FedEx service and for declaring some vacation days as work days. He repaid $1,447 for the calls and $149 in delivery service he charged to the system, and agreed that seven of 14 days he spent in New Mexico were used for vacation.