Some European Visitors

As part of a Time-sponsored visit to the United States, 27 of Western Europe's top businessmen came to Dartmouth College on October 5 and 6. In addition to seeing an American college, the executives had two working sessions, one on the U. S. economy with Time's board of economists and one on en- vironmental problems, with Dartmouth, business, and government panelists. John M. Steele '39, senior correspondent for Time in Washington, was chairman of the second session. A dinner at the D.O.C. House was attended by a number of Dartmouth undergraduates. In charge of the overall tour was Robert W. Ankerson '55, director of public affairs for Time.

The European business leaders, whose six-day visit included New York, Hanover, and Washington, were.

Giovanni Agnelli and Umberto Agnelli of Italy, chairman and managing director of Fiat; Giuseppe Bertola of Switzerland, executive vice president of Brown, Boveri; Count Rene Paul Boel of Belgium, honorary president of Solvay; Alain Chevalier of France, managing director of Moet-Hennessy; Wilhelm Christians of West Germany, executive board member of Deutsche Bank; Fernand Josef Collin of Belgium, board chairman of Kredietbank; Paul Dax of West Germany, executive vice president of Siemens; Sir Eric Drake of England, chairman of British Petroleum Co.; Baron Edouard-Jean Em pain of Belgium, chairman of Electrorail; Georges Galichon of France, chairman of Air France; Sir Reay Geddes of England, chairman of Dunlop Holdings; Pehr Gyllenhammar of Sweden, managing director of Volvo; Alfred H. Heineken of The Netherlands, chairman of Heineken Breweries; Konrad Henkel of West Germany, president of Henkel & Cie; Folke Lindskog of Sweden, chairman of SKF; Sir Arthur Norman of England, chairman of De La Rue Co.; Frederik J. Philips of The Netherlands, chairman of Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken; Count Theo Rossi di Montelera of Italy, chairman of Martini & Rossi; Evelyn de Rothschild of England, director of N. M. Rothschild & Sons; Nino Rovelli of Italy, chairman of Societa Italiana Resine; Alfred Schaefer of Switzerland, chairman of Union Bank of Switzerland; Gerrit van der Wal of The Netherlands, president of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; Eberhard von Kuenheim of West Germany, chairman of BMW; Gerrit Wagner of The Netherlands, president of Royal Dutch Petroleum; Pierre Waltz of Switzerland, general director of Société Suisse pour L'Industrie Horlogère; and Joachim Zahn of West Germany, chairman of Daimler-Benz.

Sir Arthur Norman, chairman of De LaRue Co., London, and Nino Rovelli,head of Societa Italiana Resine, Milan.

Wilhelm Christians of Deutsche Bankwith President Kemeny at Inn luncheon.

Robert W. Ankerson '55 (1), director ofpublic Affairs for Time, with HenryLuce III, the magazine's publisher.

Both natives of Hungary, President Kemeny and Paul Dax, executive vice president of Siemens, West Germany, had aconversation topic of special interest.

Count René Paul Boel of Belgium chatswith Dean Ragone of Thayer School.

Konrad Henkel, president of Henkel andCie, West Germany, at the DOC House.

Gerrit Wagner (r), president of RoyalDutch Petroleum, compares notes withDean Hennessey of the Tuck School.