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BASIL O'CONNOR '12 of New York Cityhas been named Chairman of theAmerican Red Cross, succeeding the lateNorman H. Davis. His appointment,made by President Roosevelt on July 13,is for Mr. Davis's unexpired term, endingDecember 11.

Mr. O'Connor is the former law partnerof President Roosevelt and now heads theNew York law firm of O'Connor andFarber. He has served for some years asPresident of the National Foundation forInfantile Paralysis.

In commenting on his selection of Mr. O'Connor as national chairman of the Red Cross, President Roosevelt said:

"Mr. O'Connor is admirably qualified for this position because of his first-hand knowledge of almost every part of the United States and because of his association with the medical and nursing problems through the years he has served as president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. All this in addition to his excellent executive ability."

Mr. O'Connor has long been one of Dartmouth's outstanding and most active alumni. He has served as a member of the Alumni Council, as president of the General Association of Dartmouth Alumni, president of the Dartmouth College Club of New York, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York, and as Class Agent for 1912.

Mr. O'Connor was born in Taunton, Mass., in 189 a. He received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth in 1912 and his LL. B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1915. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1915 and to the New York bar the following year. He practiced alone in New York from 1919 to 1925, then became a partner in the firm of Roosevelt and O'Connor until 1933, and in 1934 formed the present firm of which he is senior partner.

Mr. O'Connor, besides being president and trustee of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, also is treasurer, a trustee, and chairman of the executive committee of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tuskegee Institute, and in 1941 was elected president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He has received honorary LL. D. degrees from St. John's University and Blackburn College, and in 1942 was named president of the Finlay Institute of the Americas, established to foster research and scientific development in the Caribbean.

BASIL O'CONNOR '12