HIRINGS
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, hired Ennis, Knupp & Associates as consultant for its endowment and pension funds. The firm replaces Merrill Lynch, which was included in the bidding process. The museum's finance committee expects to be given recommendations from Ennis, Knupp on asset allocation sometime in August, said Jim Croft, vice president for finance and administration and CFO for the $134 million endowment and $10 million pension fund.