1955

All sorts of promotions. Harry Ambrose became administrative assistant to the president of Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co. in Omaha. The president, J.A. Mactier, announced that Harry would work with him "in all phases of the business," which is primarily production of flour and animal feeds. Harry joined Nebraska Consolidated Mills in June 1963 as assistant manager of the grain department, after spending six years in grain merchandising with Cargill, Inc., in Minneapolis, Chattanooga, Indianapolis, and Buffalo. He's now attending night school at Creighton University and expects to receive a master's degree in business administration next January.

Dave Cudlip was promoted to assistant manager of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He's in the commercial banking department of the New York office, and has been with the firm since 1959. Swifty Lawrence, though of course primarily absorbed right now in the Alumni Fund drive, also has been given additional responsibilities by Citizens Savings Bank and Citizens Trust Co. in Providence. He's now secretary of Citizens Trust, in addition to being assistant treasurer of both the savings bank and trust company. He joined Citizens in 1963.

Also in the banking world, Ralph Sautter was promoted to assistant vice president of State Street Bank and Trust Co. in Boston. He's in the Credit and Loan Division. Ralph is also busy in extracurricular work, as trustee and treasurer of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, member of the Finance Committee of Westwood, Mass., an overseer of Williston Academy, and first vice president of the Williston Academy Alumni Association of Eastern Massachusetts. Northern Trust Co. in Chicago advanced Don Hummel from assistant cashier to second vice president. He's in the banking department. Bob Carver was named an assistant cashier of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago. Bob is in the commercial banking department; he's also treasurer of the United Fund in suburban Northbrook and is a member of the United Petroleum Association of America.

Bill Forester became an assistant actuary of Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. in Worcester, Mass. We misstated one promotion last month. Walt Van Dora was made a partner in the Boston law firm of Rackemann, Sawyer and Brewster, rather than simply joining the firm. He's been there since graduating from Harvard Law in 1960.

Jim Perkins moved from strife-torn Curtis Publishing Co., where he was vice president of the Book Division, to become director of Playboy Press, the book division of HMH Publishing Co. Jim also has been assistant to the chairman of Curtis's Magazine Division, book and fiction editor of The Saturday Evening Post, managing editor of Doubleday's Book Club Division (Literary Guild, Dollar Book Club, and others), and a senior editor of the Doubleday Trade Division. He has written articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Reader's Digest.

Jim Wechsler was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Carter Community Building in Lebanon. Jim is managing editor of the prize-winning Valley News. And in other local news, Dick and Jane Hastings, residents of Norwich, had a son, Timothy, February 7. With that matter taken care of, Dick now can devote himself fully to his job as reunion chairman — unless they need him for medical duties at Mary Hitchcock from time to time. Wechsler also is an important cog in the reunion machine, handling the publicity.

Al Graham married Carol Moore of Gloucester, Mass., January 30 in Gloucester. She is a graduate of Wheelock College. The Grahams took a honeymoon trip to Nassau and are now living in Peabody, Mass.

Bill Bassett is becoming an authority on historic buildings. He has done graduate work in architecture at Syracuse Universit and is now studying at Pennsylvania's architectural graduate school. Bill has worked with the Historic American Buildings Survey for the National Park Service, has lectured on the old United States Navy Home designed by William Strickland, has written "Two Centuries of Philadelphia Architectural Drawings" and other articles, and has written several architectural histories of Philadelphia buildings for the Library of Congress. In January he returned to Buffalo, his old home town, and gave an illustrated talk, "Buildings of Historic Interest and Their Importance in the Future Planning of Cities," before the Twentieth Century Club.

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