FOR DR. FRANCIS G. BLAKE 'o8, Dean and Sterling Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, recipient of the United States of America Typhus Commission Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service" as head of the Army Epidemiological Board.
FOR DR. WILLIAM W. WASHBURN '14, appointed chief surgeon of the hospital department of Southern Pacific Lines.
FOR RUSSELL L. DURGIN '15, named special State Department adviser to Mr. George Atcheson, political adviser in Japan to General Mac Arthur.
FOR S. LANE DWINELL '28, elected President of the New Hampshire Manufacturers Association.
FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT JOHN SLOAN DICKEY '39, recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Tufts College.
FOR NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER '30, recipient of the Order of Merit, oldest decoration in Latin America, from the Republic of Chile.
FOR RICHARD G. BRIER.LEY '36, elected President of the Soy Flour Association.
FOR CAPTAIN JOHN F. OHLINGER '37, AAF, pilot of the C-54 transport plane, Globester, on the initial leg of its round-the-world flight.
FOR MERYLL M. FROST '44, co-captain of the Dartmouth football team, winner of the weekly award of the Maxwell Club of Philadelphia to the outstanding football player in the country.