Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1960)

account executive at BBDO, appointed director of development for Advertising Research Foundation, N.Y. • Richard H. Hehman, account executive, and William S. Wheeler, account supervisor, both Chicago, and William E. Mansell, account executive, and Joseph H. Hoffman, creative supervisor, both Minneapolis, all elected vps of Campbell-Mithun Inc. Daniel W. Keefe Jr., formerly with McCannErickson, N.Y., to C-M, Chicago, as account executive. • Walter A. Scott and Allan Nixon join art department of Smith. Hagel & Knudsen, N.Y., as associate directors. Mr, Scott was art director at BBDO: Mr. Nixon, art director at Ellington Co., N.Y. • G. Newton Odell, formerly vp in charge of marketing and creative services at Joseph Katz Co., joins Compton Adv. as vp and account executive in Socony Mobil group. Mr. Odell • Taylor Rhodes, director of research for Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco office, appointed director of media and research. • George P. Haller, formerly with J. Walter Thompson Co., to Rose-Martin, N.Y., as associate media director. • Abby Rand, account executive for Joe Wolhandler pr firm, named vp and publicity coordinator. • Norman Warren appointed corporate director of advertising and pr for Northrop Corp., Los Angeles advertising and pr agency. He formerly was vp and general manager of Fletcher, Richards, Calkins & Holden, that city. • Sidney Belanoff and Arthur Kover join Kenyon & Eckhardt, N.Y., as project supervisors. • Ken Warren, Warren & Litzenberger, Davenport, Iowa, elected president of Mutual Adv. Agency Network for 1960, succeeding Fran Faber, Faber Adv., Minneapolis. Others elected: James C. Taylor, Jr., James C. Taylor Adv., Ottumwa, Iowa, first vp; Arthur Gerst, Gerst, Sylvester & Walsh, Cleveland, second vp; Rolla Nolting, Perry-Brown, Inc., Cincinnati, secretary, and Gladys Lamb, Kelly & Lamb, Columbus, treasurer. • George Peck, formerly with advertising sales department of General Electric Co. and associate of Robert C. Russell, Inc., forms own advertising agency. Named Peck Adv., new agen Agency charts its name • Fuller & Smith & Ross' Los Angeles office is the former Stromberger, LaVene & McKenzie agency that had a $5 million billing before it was merged with F&S&R which nationally is expected to compile above the $50 million mark this year. To dramatize the new name of the L.A. agency, an "eye chart" announcement measuring 24 inches by 36 inches has been tacked up on the reception room wall where it greets visitors as they step off the elevator. Holding a duplicate of the chart are Robert E. Allen (1), F&S&R's president, and Ted Stromberger. senior vice president. cy is located at 152 Barrett St., Schenectady, N.Y. • Leonard D. Dunlap, formerly with Pepsodent Div. of Lever Bros., to Henderson Adv., Greenville, S.C.. as account executive. • Lealand E. Risk, previously vp and account executive at Charles A. Mottl, Beverly Hills, Calif., to D'Arcy Adv. Co., Los Angeles, as account executive. • Richard D. Courtney, formerly with McCann-Erickson Chicago office, to Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Pittsburgh, as radio timebuyer. • Larry Buchanan named copy chief of Bevel Assoc., Dallas-Ft. Worth advertising and pr agency. Other appointments: Joe Farmer named account executive. Jim Powell, on art staff, named production manager. Ed Jordan succeeds Mr. Powell. • Peter Hartsuff, formerly news correspondent with American Forces Network Europe Radio, joins copy staff of Kudner Agency. Charles Doughtie rejoins Kudner as copywriter following year of freelancing. • Marvin Wartnik, formerly with art staff of Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, Los Angeles, to MacManus, John & Adams, there, as assistant art director. • Jan van Emmerik, Frank Howlett, and Louis Spino named associate media director, assistant media director for broadcast buying and assistant media director for print buying, respectively, at Lennen & Newell, N.Y. • Charles P. Culbert and Jack Page join Robinson, Jensen, Fenwick & Haynes, Los Angeles advertising agency, as head of merchandising and account executive, respectively. • David Manber, formerly copywriter at Young & Rubicam, to Donahue & Coe. in similar capacity. The Media • Joseph J. Jacobs, formerly assistant general counsel of ABC, named general attorney of MetroJKl 4ps|i politan Broadcasting ■V:^ Corp He previoiisly ''w ■ was assistant to presi ~" dent of ABC on Le Mr. Jacobs , , n , gal and Broadcasting Div. affairs. He will headquarter in New York. • Donald Cooke, president of KRLA Pasadena-Los Angeles, assumes general manager position, succeeding Edwin V. Schultz who resigned. Armand Lamont, sales executive at KRLA. promoted to general sales manager. • Gibbs Lincoln, vp and sales manager of KVI Seattle, Wash., named station manager, succeeding Fred Von Hofen who resigned. • Alan Lissner, operations manager of KBIG Catalina, Calif., appointed vp of John Poole Broadcasting Co., which operates station. • Del Leeson, formerly station manager and national sales manager of KDYL Salt Lake City, to KPAM (FM) Portland, Ore., as general manager. • Arthur Hamilton, station manager of WRCA New York, and Vincent Mitchell, manager of NBC-TV advance facility planning, appointed director of NBC's political broadcasting unit and manpolitical broadcasting, respectively. Alan Livingston, vp Television Network Programs, NBC Pacific Div., resigns, effective early this summer. Mr. Hamilton ager, traffic 76 (FATES & FORTUNES) BROADCASTING, February 29, 1960