Consultant

John C. Wood '22, vice president of B. Altman & Cos., New York, has been appointed an expert consultant with the Army Specialist Corps. He is stationed in Washington and devoting full time to his new post.

Mr. Wood has been active for a long time in the New York civic and depart- ment store field. He served as chairman of the department store committee for the 194s Red Cross drive and was vice- chairman of the retail committee of larger department stores for the sale of U. S. War Stamps. He has been chair- man of the executive committee of the Retail Dry Goods Association of New York and is now a member of that com- mittee. He is a member, also, of the New York State Merchants Association and the board of trustees of the New York University School of Retailing.