Daniel J. Kingston was named chief investment officer of the $1.5...

Daniel J. Kingston was named chief investment officer of the $1.5 billion Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Mo. The post had been vacant since autumn 2001 when Judith Elsea left to join venture capital firm Knightsbridge Advisers Inc., Bartlesville, Okla., as managing principal. Mr. Kingston was managing director of Stanford Management Co., Menlo Park, Calif., which oversees $10 billion in endowment and trust assets for Stanford University Sources said Mr. Kingston's position was one of several eliminated when Stanford Management outsourced its $1.6 billion in internally managed portfolios, primarily in fixed income, in December. Stanford Management officials did not return phone calls.