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Al Root was named full-time chairman of the division of pediatrics at the 1,000 bed Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, and was also appointed associate professor of pediatrics at the Temple University School of Medicine, with which the Einstein Medical Center is associated. Al was previously associate physician and endocrinologist at Philadelphia Children's Hospital. The Einstein medical director said "the medical center is particularly fortunate to have acquired the skills, services and profound knowledge in the field of pediatrics that Dr. Root offers. His very active research over the years in the ailments and maladies of children has provided Dr. Root not only with great experience in his special field of interest, but also a deep and abiding empathy for children and their parents." Al is author or co-author of more than a score of papers in his subspecialty of pediatric endocrinology, published in leading U.S. and British journals. Al, his wife Janet, and their three children live in suburban Narberth.

Harry Guenther, formerly dean of Georgetown University's School of Business Administration, is now executive vice presidenteconomist of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, with offices in Washington. Among other duties, he will direct the association's school for state bank examining personnel. Harry has a doctorate from Indiana University; he taught at Indiana, the American University of Beirut, and the University of Minnesota before joining the Georgetown faculty in 1964. He became dean of Georgetown's business school in 1966.

General Electric named Jim Tremblay manager of business analysis and planning for the insulating materials department, in Schenectady, N. Y. Jim has been with GE since 1955, with two years out for the Army, and was previously manager of auditing in the re-entry systems department in Philadelphia.

In Boston Dick Brown has been elected a vice president of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company and named head of its business development department. Since joining the firm as a business development officer in 1964, he has worked closely with municipalities and other governmental agencies, providing assistance and consultation on financial matters. He became an assistant vice president in 1967. He and Norma and their two daughters live in Westport Point, Mass.

Jay Olsen left the treasurer's position at Continental Can to become vice president and treasurer of Diversa Graphics, Inc., in New York, a graphic arts company. Blake Irons moved up to secretary of the bond investment department at the home office of Aetna Life & Casualty in Hartford. He was previously an investment officer, and has been with Aetna since 1963. Bob Hayes was named an assistant vice president of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., in New York. He's been with Equitable 12 years and was an investment manager before his promotion. Bob commutes from suburban Glen Ridge, N. J., where he's treasurer of the Glen Ridge Taxpayers Association and trustee and publicity chairman of the Glen Ridge Community Fund. Jack Ketchum (Tuck '55) was named vice president for equity investments of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Portland, Portland, Me. He manages the company's stock portfolio, including operation of Union Equity Corp., a whollyowned subsidiary of which he is president. Jack did his undergraduate work at the University of New Hampshire and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Alaa Weiler became a vice president of the Archer-Meek-Weiler Agency, Inc., an insurance firm, in Columbus, O. Al is a Chartered Preparatory and Casualty Underwriter. Geoff Snow was appointed manager of minerals exploration for Midwest Oil Corp., Denver. He has a doctorate in minerology from the University of Utah and was previously the resident geologist at the Climax, Colo., mine of American Metals Climax. John Levitas left Blair & Co. in Paramus, N. J., to join the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. in New York. John reports that he "took a week's vacation in Bermuda and cracked a bone in my leg when riding a motorbike (I forgot that they drive on the left)." Jim Lauber was named advertising director of the Jefferson Sentinel, Lakewood, Colo., and two sister papers. He was previously eastern manager for Paper, Film and Foil Converter, a trade publication.

Mike Plumer married Amy Kovner of New York in Harvard University's Memorial Chapel on July 5. Their reception was on board a boat, "The New Boston," in Boston Harbor. The bride graduated from the University of California and received a master's degree from the Harvard School of Education, where Mike is an associate in education. She is a research assistant for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.

Hew Cook took a bride, Sara Parke of suburban Philadelphia, on June 14 in Chestnut Hill, Pa. She graduated from Germantown Friends School and the University of Pennsylvania. Pete Branch wed Penny Conser of Hinsdale, Ill., in LaGrange, Ill. She attended the University of Arizona and is a stewardess for American Airlines. Pete is a pilot for American and recently completed two years in the Air Force. Alan Murray writes that their new baby, reported here last spring, was a third boy, Peter Francis, born February 27.

Steve Wilson, a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, attended a two-week Defense Strategy Seminar in June at the National War College in Washington. He was one of more than 200 "carefully selected" reserve officers attending the seminar this year; the curriculum is based on the subjects in the graduate level National War College course for senior career officers. Lew Wolfson resigned as Washington bureau chief for the "Providence Journal-Bulletin" to become an associate professor in the department of communication at American University in Washington. Lew is directing a new master's degree program, teaching courses in public affairs and government news reporting. Government officials and Washington newsmen will participate in the program. Says Lew, "This is a chance for me to put into practice some ideas I have long had about a first rate journalism program in Washington - a center for both education and criticism in the field."

At Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, Bill Macurdy has been promoted to director of the Switching Engineering Center. In his new position he will be responsible for planning the switching of Picture phone and other wideband services, for maintenance of telephone switching facilities, and for mobile telephone systems. Besides his Dartmouth A.8., he received an additional M.S. degree in Hanover, a M.E.E. degree from N.Y.U. in 1959, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from M.I.T. in 1962.

Bill Hudson, manager of the Sears, Roebuck store in Bethlehem, Pa., is a leader in that city's United Appeal, and Swifty Lawrence is shouldering a major role in the United Fund in Providence, R. 1., where he's a vice president of the Citizens Bank. Ted Hollingsworth is assistant professor and head of business and industrial communications in the speech department of Emerson College in Boston. He also serves as a consultant to MITRE Corp., Laboratory for Electronics, Honeywell Corp. and HRB Singer. Ted has written articles for "The Journal of Communication," Management Review and Journal of the Massachusetts Speech Association, and he's also been a member of a committee negotiating with black militants at Emerson.

Your correspondent finished ahead of five candidates in the Republican primary election to succeed former Congressman Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois, but that was good only for third place in the eight-man battle.

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