Tuck School

Another academic year is upon us, heralded by both the straggling return of students and hurricane warnings on the coast. The last of the summer business conferences is in progress as I write these notes, and we will have one week to ready the school physically and academically before the start of classes.

In next month's column we will attempt to bring you up-to-date on the summer activities of the administrative staff and faculty of the school, but first we will concentrate on the accumulation of news concerning our active and successful alumni. Rather than attempting a class sequence, we shall merely report as they come off the file.

Edward Bessey T'61 has been appointed Director of Product Management at Pfizer Laboratories. In the same company Peter Kalustian T'65 has been named Group Product Manager for Antibiotics. Pete has the distinction of being the youngest Group Manager in the Pfizer organization. Joseph Palermo T'66 has been appointed Product Manager for the Noroc Coated Products Division of the Norton Company. Having given his bosses fits as a sales engineer reporting from the field, Joe was brought back into home office management and has risen rapidly to this position. (That comment, given to me by the personnel director of the company, was made in a most complimentary fashion.)

Former New Hampshire Governor, LaneBwinell T'29, was nominated by President Nixon to serve as Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development. Based in Washington, he will visit many countries around the world in connection with his duties. Maintaining business relationships at home, he is chairman of the board of the National Bank of Lebanon. Robert E. Lee T'60 has been appointed President of California Car Wash Systems, Inc. Bob's previous position was Divisional Vice President and General Manager of American Machine and Foundries Amfare Division. His new company is a major producer of automated car-wash equipment and systems.

"Gerard Busch T'67 has been appointed a Banking Officer at the Chambers Street office of Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York. Paul Belliveau T'67 has been promoted to Associate Product Manager on cereals at General Foods. Paul works closely with other Tuck alumni in this company. Robert Kaatz T'48 has been named a Group Vice President of Apache Corporation in Minneapolis. In this new post he will be responsible for a group of manufacturing concerns in the aerospace and computer industries.

John S. Sullivan T'37 has been elected a Senior Vice President at the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. John has been associated with the bank for more than thirty years and has been deeply involved in banking and community affairs. The Wilmington Trust Co. has elected Lewis Munson T' 29 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Munson joined the bank in 1949 and was named President in 1966.Herbert Brandt T'46 has been named President of Scandia Cosmetics and Tuvache Perfumes. He became Vice President and General Manager of both companies after leaving John Robert Powers as Vice President in 1967. James Wittenberg T'53 is the new Vice President of Corporate Development at International Milling in Minneapolis.

Chris Fuller T'53 has moved from Vice President-Finance to Executive Vice President at Acme Visible Records, Inc. in Crozet, Va. Chris went to Acme from a division controller position at General Foods. Kenneth Swanson T '63 was appointed Manager of Financial Planning at CBS Television, having been a financial analyst in this company after leaving Chemical Bank in 1967. Tom Hooper T'62 has been named manager of budgets and planning for D. C. Heath and Co., a division of Raytheon Education Co.

An appointment that should have been reported earlier in this column is that of John Zimmerman T'33 who was named President of General Motors Acceptance Corporation late last year. John moved to this post after having been a Director and Executive Vice President in charge of operations and development. Robert WeinigT'55 has moved from Controller to Vice President, Finance, at Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Bob has been with Eastern since 1966. Reginald Pierce Jr. T'48 has been named a Senior Vice President of Compton Advertising, Inc. in New York. Reg is a Division Manager with two big accounts, Chase Manhattan Bank and U. S. Steel under his wing. Frank Herringer T'65 has been elected a principal of Cresap Mc-Cormick and Paget, Inc., the international management consulting firm in New York. Having graduated with highest distinction from Tuck, Frank has received this promotion in a very short time.

The mail bag is still not empty, but I've run out of space. More later in the November issue. Best regards from the hills.