1941
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one’s feelings on the matter, summer is not eternal. It inevitably merges into fall and, like the “old soldier,” eventually fades away. I hope that with the approach of its twilight there are for each and everyone of you accompanying memories of wonderful vacations, glorious days at the beaches, and pride in gardening prowess.
During the welcomed interlude between issues of the Alumni Magazine, I was blessed with an unusual accumulation of interesting news about a considerable number of classmates.
From the New York New Jersey Connecticut area, the summer recess brought with it up-to-date reports on the latest accomplishments of Frank Hall and JulieKoenig on Madison Avenue, T.V. producer Ira Skutch, publisher Pete Glenn, Ed An-derberg, Herb Bailey, Doug Atwood and George Herman.
New honors, and doubtless more respon- sibilities, have been given to Frank Hall by Albert Frank-Guen- ther Law, Inc., the na- tional advertising and public relations agency he has worked for since 1946. Now vice president and advertis- ing account supervisor in the agency’s New York City headquar- ters, Frank was re- cently elected a direc- tor and a member of the firm’s executive committee. He’s also first vice president of the New York Financial Advertisers and is a member of the Downtown Athletic Club.
Julie Koenig’s new advertising agency of Papert, Koenig, Lois Inc. has decided to compete with Frank’s concern in the in- vestment market by offering its stock to the public. To date Frank’s ad agency is the only one having stock in the hands of the public. Among Julie’s clients are the New York Herald Tribune, Ronson Corp. and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. There is nothing like diversification.
Ira Skutch launches undiscovered “actors” on the road to success as producer of Goodson-Todman’s five-a-week “Play Your Hunch” on NBC-TV. Twenty-one years ago Ira went to work in the Broadway theatres as assistant to associate producer Alexander Cohen and as a walk-on actor in Cohen’s hit play, “Angel Street.” He later became a page boy at NBC. Ira originally hoped to eventually go into radio production but in- stead ended up as a television producer for NBC. His shows included Kyle McDonnell’s first sponsored program, and “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This.” He also directed shows on “Philco Playhouse” before joining Good- son-Todman in 1957 to produce “Two For the Money” and to direct “Beat the Clock.”
Brigadier General John Meyer, com- mander of the 45th Air Division at Loring Air Force Base in Maine, has been or- dered to a new and very important job at Strategic Air Com- mand headquarters. His official title is now Deputy Director of Plans for SAC, and he’s stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Ne- braska. John has ad- vanced steadily in his Air Force career since World War II days when he was the leading American ace in Europe. Before his two most recent commands he was on the fac- ulty of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base from which he was graduated in 1956.
Co-publisher Pete Glenn has added some- thing new in the way of a guidebook to the shelves and newsstands containing tour- ing guides and other volumes designed to aid the traveler. This new guidebook, called “Baseball’s Baedeker,” covers cities along the major league baseball circuit, listing night spots, restaurants, hotels, men’s shops, barber shops, 24-hour garage services, and other useful bits of information recom- mended by such diamond luminaries as Mickey Mantle, Eddie Matthews, Dick Groat and about fourteen others for players and fans. Pete is also publisher of “The Mad- ison Avenue Handbook,” an annual diary/ directory for the world of the art director containing listings of firms and individuals who are concerned with ads and TV com- advertising agencies, beauty salons, hair stylists, and other important informa- tion. This handbook covers eight cities. Pete started it when he first got into the field of modeling. He personally needed a guidebook listing all the clients he had to see. He drew up a list first arranged alpha- betically and then geographically, street by street, to facilitate pavement pounding. The book worked so well that he published it six years ago as a very small pocket book.
— O “ " “ • JEd Anderberg of White Plains, N. Y., re- cently educated a local social club on in- vestments, a subject on which he is well qualified, being assistant manager of Shields and Cos. Prior to entering the investment field, Ed served with the United States Tariff. Commission and was Economic and Com- mercial Attache and Consul in the Far East and British West Indies.
Attorney Herb Bailey was recently ap- pointed assistant treasurer of Johnson and Johnson, makers of surgical dressings and baby supplies, in which capacity Herb will be responsible for administration of the company’s insurance program and retire- ment plans for its 24,000 employees. Since 1947, when Herb joined this company, he has served as assistant to the general coun- sel and assistant secretary. Herb, Marion, and their children live in Westfield, N. I.
Doug Atwood has joined the overseas operations staff of CARE as a field repre- sentative in Egypt, where he is assisting the CARE mission chief in the supervision of a country-wide school-lunch and institution feeding program, under which some three million children and adults are being aided. For the past six years Doug has been man- ager of the Goose Club Country Club of Leesburg, Va.
George Herman, veteran Columbia Broad- casting System newsman, was the principal speaker at the recent annual awards dinner of the Hartford Advertising Club. George told several stories of his life as a White House correspondent, which takes him to Palm Beach and Hyannisport, before com- menting on the world crisis. He must be quite an accomplished water skier by now. I hope that the transition from the type of skis well known to all of us was not too difficult for him. After working for another New York radio station, George joined the CBS staff in 1944, where he headed its Far Eastern bureau for a while, then served as White House correspondent for the first two years of Eisenhower administration. He was on general assignment until President Kennedy came into office, when he was reassigned to the White House.
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