ALAN D. SMITH '50, awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan for his efforts in assisting the foreign ministry of Japan over the past 33 years.
ROBERT W. WEINIG '52, elected a director of Shawmut Bank, N.A.
JAMES F. RILL '54, installed as chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law.
FOSTER L. ABORN '56, elected a director of the Riley Foundation, Boston.
R. PALMER BEASLEY '58, recipient of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation prize.
STUART A. KAUFFMAN '61, awarded a Mac Arthur Foundation fellowship in support of his work in the field of genetics.
FRANK G. MAHADY '61, named to the Vermont Supreme Court by Gov. Kunin.
JOHN B. LINCOLN '64, appointed chief executive officer of Ventrex Laboratories Inc., in addition to being president.
R. CLARK WADLOW '68, appointed chairman of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on Communi- cations Law.
RICHARD L. KENNEY '70, awarded a Mac Arthur Foundation fellowship in support of his achievements in poetry.
JONATHAN C. CRANE '71, named president of the Southeast division of MCI Communications Corp.