A WAH HOO WAH!

FOR MAURICE s. SHERMAN '94, elected Publisher and President of The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, of which he continues as editor-in-chief.

FOR s. PINKNEY TUCK '13, named by President Roosevelt to the diplomatic post of United States Minister to Egypt.

FOR ELLSWORTH B. BUCK '14, nominated as Republican candidate for U. S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of New York.

FOR JAMES v. FORRESTAL '15, named Secretary of the Navy in President Roosevelt's War Cabinet.

FOR FREDERICK w. MAGUIRE '24, editor of the Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Telegram, winner of Sigma Delta Chi's 1944 award for courage in journalism.

FOR GEORGE L. AVERY '26, named Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

FOR EDWIN B. DOOLEY '26, appointed Director of Public Information for General Foods Corporation.

FOR PROFESSOR A. HOWARD MENEELY h'36, chairman of the Dartmouth history department, elected President of Wheaton College.

FOR the following alumni whose promotions in the armed forces have recently been reported to the Alumni Records Office:

Major George A. Boggs '14, Canadian Army Lt. Comdr. Vincent G. Byers '15 Capt. Benjamin Tenny '21 USNR Major Robert H. Ellinger '24 Major Paul Gordon '24 Major Theodor S. Geisel '25 Comdr. Robert A. Reading '25 Major Rolfe M. Harvey '27 Major Melvin H. Partridge '27 Lt. Comdr. Harry B. Harwood '28 Lt. Comdr. Albert W. Kitts '28 Lt. Col. Gwynne A. Prosser '28 Major Howard P. Serrell '28 Lt. Comdr. Edmund L. McGibbon '29 Major Lester R. Godwin '30 Major Cornelius J. Shea '34 Major William T. Bell Jr. '37 Lt. Comdr. William Cole '37 Major Royal Hatch '37 Major Young P. Dawkins '38 Major John R. Mayer '38 Major Hunter C. Phelan Jr. '40