Carl L. Jolley, a longtime Penguin Group (USA) distribution executive who retired in 2009 as v-p, corporate director, distribution, passed away on Monday, December 14, at his home in Pennsylvania. He was 70.

Jolley spent 30 years at Penguin where he was instrumental in the planning, construction, and operation of the company’s distribution center in Pittston, Penn., as well as the modernization and reorganization of distribution centers in Kirkwood, N.Y., and Rugby, England.

Memorial contributions may be made to the ALS Association, 321 Norristown Road, Suite 260, Ambler, P.A. 19002; the Geisinger Health System Foundation Neuromuscular Disease Fund, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, P.A. 17822; or the charity of the donor’s choice.