Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1960)

FATES & FORTUNES Mr. Fownes Broadcast Advertising Alexander H. Galloway elected president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., succeeding late Francis G. Carter. William S. Smith Jr., sales manager, appointed to board of directors. Henry G. Fownes Jr., vp and eastern division manager of MacManus, John & Adams, N.Y., elected to board of directors. Mr. Fownes, who was with Mildred Fenton Productions, N.Y., as producer director, joined MJ&A in 1950. He was vp and supervisor, radio-tv department until his appointment to managerial post. Howard E. Whiting, vp, account supervisor and director of operating committee, appointed vp and manager of Montreal office of Leo Burnett Co. of Canada Ltd. Mr. Whiting joined Burnett at Toronto in 1957 as manager of media-research and shortly later was promoted to account supervisor. He was named vp in 1958 and director and operating committee member in 1959. Sidney Wallach, formerly vp of Grant Adv., Hollywood and Toronto, joins Massey-Ferguson Ltd., ■J North American Operations, Toronto, as MhAl advertising manager. ^ssmm Prior to his associa Mr. Wallach tion with Grant, Mr. Wallach was western regional news director of ABC, and on editorial staffs of New York Herald-Tribune and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. For the Sale or Purchase of a Radio or Television Station SEE HAMILTDN-LANDIS R ASSOCIATES, INC. MEDIA BROKERS Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco NATIONWIDE • NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISAtS Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks, USAF, leaves military service to join McCannEricksdn as general corporate executive. He will take over administrative duties of Wilbert G. Stilson who retires this year as executive vp and general manager of McCann-Erickson Inc. Roger A. Purdon, senior vp in N.Y. office, named creative director. James A. Gordon appointed assitant advertising manager of H.J. Heinz Co. Chester G. GiflFord named president of Simoniz Co., Chicago (waxes and polishes), succeeding Elmer Rich Jr. who becomes board chairman. Eugene C. Judd, formerly with Narragansett Brewing Co., joins Coty Inc. as advertising director. Ira L. Joachim, advertising and sales promotion manager, Pilot Radio Corp., joins copy department of Donahue & Coe, N.Y. David Herzbrun, formerly promotion director of CBS Radio, joins Doyle Dane Bernbach, N.Y., copy staff. Jim Wanke, formerly in news bureau of WCCO Minneapolis, joins Padilla & Sarjeant, pr firm, that city. Victor Keller joins pr staff of Gray & Rogers, Philadelphia advertising, merchandising and pr agency. Robert A. Murphy named director of radio and tv films for Allied Adv., Cleveland. He formerly was with Cinecraft Films. Kent M. Redgrave, formerly with WBAL-AM-TV Baltimore, joins MacMellan Assoc., Baltimore advertising agency, as consultant on radio-tv plans and production. Phyllis Cunnyngham, copy group head of drug and cosmetic division of Kastor Hilton Chesley Cliftord & Atherton, N.Y., elected vp. Miss Cunnyngham joined agency in Fall of 1958. Previously she was with Dowd, Redfield & Johnson, that city, as copy group head on drug and cosmetic accounts. Bill Jay joins Los Angeles office of BBDO as account executive on PepsiCola. L. E. Minkel, formerly with Mack Trucks, joins Studebaker-Packard Corp., as vp of marketing. He will have Miss Cunnyngham Mr. Reynolds 68 charge of all S-P marketing, advertising, sales and sales promotions. Will C. Long, formerly copywriter, Al Paul Lefton, N.Y., joins Fuller & Smith & Ross, that city, as senior copywriter. Richard F. Reynolds, in radio-tv department of D.P. Brothers & Co., Detroit, appointed vp and director of radio and tv. He has been with agency since 1955. Previously, he was general manager of Cinecraft Productions, Cleveland. Norman Cohen, controller, administrative assistant, Mogul Williams & Saylor, N.Y., elected secretary. David H. Kutner, formerly vp and general manager of Motorola Sales Inc., Chicago, appointed executive assistant to vp of Helene Curtis Industries, that city. Albert H. Coleman appointed general sales manager, food products division of Pet Milk Co. Richard F. Casey, vp, director of research at Benton & Bowles, N.Y., elected member board of directors. Mr. Casey joined agency in 1957 as project director, was named to present post same year. Prior to his affiliation with B&B, Mr. Casey was research executive with National Analysts Inc. for 8 years. Robert Miller, formerly of Cleveland Broadcasting, joins N.Y. sales staff of Venard, Rintoul & McConnell. Helen Macarthy , appointed media di: S" ^ i rector for NahasW ^ W Blumberg Corp., ^ Houston advertising agency. She formerly was with ABC and Henri-Hurst & McMiss Donald as media buy Macarthy er. Nelson Bond, executive vp of McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., named to board of directors of Advertising Federation of America. He will be chairman of finance committee. Audian Paxson, formerly sales manager of KROD El Paso, Tex., to White & Shuford, advertising agency, that city, as account executive. BROADCASTING, July 4, 1960 J Mr. Casey