Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1962)

Stanley B. Resor, retired JWT board chairman, dies Stanley B. Resor, 83, who retired last year as board chairman of J. Walter Thompson Co., New York, died Monday, Oct. 29, at LeRoy Hospital, New York. Mr. Resor joined JWT in 1908 when he opened agency's office in Cincinnati. He moved in 1912 to New York office as vp and general manager. In 1916, Mr. Resor, Mr. Resor Charles E. Raymond (who had originally hired Mr. Resor) and Harry E. Ward purchased Thompson Agency when founder J. Walter Thompson retired. Mr. Resor then became president of agency, and served in that capacity until 1955 when he became board chairman. Mr. Resor was one of founders of Assn. of American Advertising Agencies in 1917 and was 4A's president in 1923-24. He was member of first jury to select winners of Advertising Awards founded by Edward Bok and was recipient of its Gold Medal Award as "advertising man of the year" in 1948. Mr. Holtum Alfred Holtum appointed chief of antenna design group of Andrew Corp. (antennas, antenna systems and transmission lines), Chicago. Mr. Holtum joined Andrew organization in 1957 as chief engineer of company's California affiliate. In October 1961 he was transferred to Chicago to direct company's government research and development department. Mr. Holtum succeeds Dr. Richard Yang, who has joined faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Yang will continue his service with Andrew on part-time basis. G. H. Myers, field salesman for eastern district office of RCA Electron Tube Div., Newark, N. J., retired Oct. 31. Mr. Myers began in radio-electronics field in 1916 as production manager with General Electric Lamp Works, Harrison, N. J., and has been with RCA since 1930 when it acquired Harrison plant. GOVERNMENT John E. Dunn and Willis 0. Freitag join engineering department of U. S. Information Agency, Washington. Mr. Dunn formerly served as senior electronics engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corp. Mr. Freitag was formerly engineer with Red Skelton tv studios, CBS-TV, Hollywood, and chief engineer of KRKD-AM-FM Los Angeles and KTYM-AM-FM Inglewood, Calif. PROGRAMMING Robert Grant appointed radio-tv director of newly created Hollywood office of Shield Productions, Chicago. Location is 1539 N. Vine St., Holly Mr. Friendly wood 28. Telephone: Hollywood 27600. Richard Restler, former assistant to treasurer of Screen Gems, joins TransLux Television Corp., New York, as assistant to vp. Fred W. Friendly, executive producer of CBS Reports, named to produce TownMeeting of the World, special live international forum program planned by CBS-TV for next spring. Panelists on both sides of Atlantic are slated to take part, with program being relayed to viewers in both Europe and America via Telstar communications satellite (Broadcasting, Oct. 29). Penny Stewart, former production assistant on Jazz Scene, U.S.A., appointed associate producer of syndicated video series which is now being filmed in Hollywood by Steve Allen's Meadowlane Productions. Charles Naylor, arranger, composer, conductor and pianist, joins Phil Davis Musical Enterprises, New York, as assistant creative director. Robert Weenolsen, broadcast supervisor on Rheingold Beer account at Foote, Cone & Belding for past nine years, joins Videotape Center, New York, as executive producer. Eddy Mason signed to compose-conduct-arrange hour-long NBC-TV special to be filmed aboard nuclear powered polaris submarine, George Washington, to be telecast Dec. 19 at 10 p.m. Maxine Anderson, former producer at North Adv., joins Gerald Schnitzer Productions, Hollywood, as producer and fashion design head. Mr. Jones Vern Furber, regional sales representative in Canada and U. S. for Romper Room, syndicated tv kindergarten, promoted to director of Canadian operations. INTERNATIONAL Maitland Jones, vp and associate creative director of Donahue & Coe, New York, named creative director of Smith-Warden Ltd., London. Mr. Jones, who joined Donahue & Coe, in 1960, has also served as creative director of Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles, New York, and Hutchins Adv., also in that city. Prior to those posts, he was vp at J. Walter Thompson, and copy supervisor at Kenyon & Eckhardt. D. A. Clarke, commercial manager of CHCA-TV Red Deer, Alta., appointed general sales manager of CJCHTV Halifax, N. S. John J. White, former vp and general manager of Forjoe & Co., New York, and for past year with Weed & Co. as sales executive for Canadian radio and tv stations, appointed national sales manager of CTV Television Network Inc., New York. CTV Television Network Inc. is American subsidiary of CTV Ltd., responsible for sales of new Canadian private network in U. S. Previously, Mr. White was sales executive with H-R Television for two years and from 1954 to 1956 served as radio-tv director for PepsiCola Co. Terry Yarwood, program director with Southern Television Ltd., joins BBC-TV to work on Tonight current affairs program. Elaine Grand, former freelance interviewer on CBLT (TV) Toronto and CBC tv network and for past six months doing tv programs in England, named panelist on CBC tv network program, Flashback, originating at CBLT. Allan Muir, member of production department of CFRN Edmonton, Alta., named publicity and promotion director of CFRN-TV. ALLIED FIELDS Gerard F. Hurley, formerly in charge of market research and promotion in Washington office of Blackburn & Co., media brokers, transfers to company's Atlanta office where he will concentrate on brokerage. Replacing Mr. Hurley in Washington office is Mrs. Dolores Newcomb Poe, formerly of Billboard 80 (FATES & FORTUNES) BROADCASTING, November 5, 1962