JAMES R. EVERETT '10, decorated with the Order of Merit, rank of Commander, by the Government of Peru for fostering friendly industrial relations between that country and the United States.
BASIL O'CONNOR '12, recipient of the first International Distinguished Service Award from Lions International.
HAROLD STACEY '19, named Chairman of the Vermont Development Commission.
MAJOR GENERAL WALTER I. MILLER '22, named Director of Accounting and Finance for the U. S. Air Force.
CARL N. REED '23, elected President of the Lithographers National Association.
GEORGE s. AVERY JR. '24, awarded the honorary Doctorate of Letters by Long Island University.
WALTER T. TOWER '25, elected Executive Vice President of the Kemper Insurance Group.
CARL E. ALLEN '26, elected President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
RICHARD w. HUSBAND '26, elected President of the Florida Psychological Association.
COLONEL LAURENCE W. LOUGEE '29, USA, appointed Judge Advocate of the First Army.
CHARLES S. NIMS '31, elected President of the Manchester (N. H.) National Bank.
GEORGE A. HAHN '32, elected President of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia.
JOHN F. REED '33, named Dean of the Graduate School at the University of New Hampshire.
STEPHEN P. DORSEY '35, named by the International Cooperation Administration to be Director of its Mission in Lebanon, with rank of Counselor of Embassy.
JAMES s. HOLDEN '35, appointed a Justice of the Vermont State Supreme Court.
ROBERT E. BUTTON '36, named Chief of the U. S. Information Agency's International Broadcasting Service, including the Voice of America.
LAWRENCE MARX JR. '36, named Chairman of the 1956 fund campaign of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York.
ROBERT S. HAGGE '39, elected a Trustee of Ripon College.
JOHN F. ROURICE '40, recipient of the 1956 Commendation of the Social Service Commission of Los Angeles for producing TV shows that have raised over a million dollars for charities.
GEORGE H. BARLOW '43, appointed United States Commissioner in Trenton, N. J.
HOWARD c. THOMAS JR. '43, named Deputy Representative in Europe for the American Committee on United Europe.