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Thomas Todd '40, recipient of the 1989 Ben Franklin Award of the Printing & Publishing Council of New England.

Malcolm B. Smith '44, elected vice chairman of General American Investors Company, Inc.

Bennett E. Bidwell '51, appointed a director of a Chrysler Corp./ Fiat S.P.A. joint venture.

James M. Culberson Jr. '51, honored as Citizen of the Year of Asheboro, N.C.

David T. McLaughlin '54, appointed a director of Arco Chemical

Edward C. Bessey '57, elected a senior vice president of Pfizer Inc.

John P. Hall Jr. '57, elected to the board of trustees of Rider College.

Scott E. Pardee '58, named cochairman of the U.S. unit of Yamaichi Securities Cos.

E.F. "Fritz" Kern '61, appointed vice president/assistant general manager, marketing and planning for American Isuzu Motors Inc.

John Penn '61, named president and chief executive officer of Benson Optical Cos.

Craig Dorman '62, named director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Paul Duncan '62, elected a director of Reebok International Ltd.

Robert Serenbetz '66, appointed president of the American Chicle Group of Warner-Lambert Co.

Paul Rizzi Jr. '68, named president, CEO, and a director of New Hampshire Savings Bank South.

John Pierce '71, named both vice president of Yankee Publishing Inc. and publisher of The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Frederic Gary Ransom II '71, appointed president of Service Ist Corporation.

Kenneth R. Leavitt '72, appointed president and CEO of The Granitech Corporation.

David D. Murray '74, named president of the Betty Crocker division of General Mills Inc.

Robert A. Kemeny '77, appointed a senior vice president of Federated and Allied Merchandising Services.

Robert C. Fleming '78, named a general partner of The Vista Group.

Richard R.S. Smith '79, appointed a managing director of Dillon, Read & Cos. Inc.

William P. Hamlen '84, named a vice president, commodities and futures, at Drexel Burnham Lambert.