International projectionist (Jan 1963-June 1965)

Four Marketing Appointments Announced by Eastman Kodak Four Eastman Kodak appointments ment of its photographic marketing org B. Zornow, vice-president, marketing. Charles L. Resler was appointed sales manager of the consumer markets division. He was formerly director of sales of the Apparatus and Optical Division. William A. Sawyer, former general manager of the Northeastern Sales Division, was appointed sales manager of the professional, commercial, and industrial markets division. Resler and Sawyer will serve on the company's Marketing Council, along with the general managers of the marketing divisions and the directors in the marketing organization that were announced at the end of November. Dr. Norwood L. Simmons, former general manager. West Coast Division, Motion Picture Products Sales, was appointed general manager of the Northeastern Sales Division, succeeding Sawyer. C. Ray Troutner. former sales manager, amateur products. Midwestern Sales Division, was appointed general manager of the Middle Atlantic Sales Division, succeeding William S. Allen, who was recently named general credit manager of Kodak. Resler, a graduate of the University of Rochester, has been associated with Kodak since 1930 when he joined the company's training program. After varied assignments at Kodak Office, he transferred to stores in Boston, then in Pittsburgh. Sawyer, a 1937 graduate of Pomona College, attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business and joined Kodak in 1938 as a trainee. After various assignments he transferred to the sales service department in 1939. He was commissioned in the U. S. Navy in 1941 and served for the duration of the war. Dr. Simmons joined Kodak in 1937 and for the next four years was associated with the Company's film related to the company's rearrangeanization were announced bv Gerald manufacturing operations at the Kodak Park Works in Rochester. N. Y. In 1941 he moved to the West Coast Division of the motion picture products sales department. He held successive engineering and managerial posts and was appointed general manager of the division in January, 1964. Born in Washington. N. C, Dr. Simmons received a B. S. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1933. an M. S. degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1935, and a Ph.D. degree at North Carolina in 1937. Troutner is a graduate of Dartmouth College. He joined Kodak in 1938 and filled various assignments in training and at Kodak stores. In 1939-40 he worked for two seasons at the Kodak Exhibit at the New York World's Fair and then became a sales representative in Pennsylvania. He served with the U. S. Air Force during World War II. On his return to Kodak in 1946 he joined the sales force in Pennsylvania and later in Ohio. iP New Tool Solves Maintenance Clutter Because of the neatness of pegboard racks in the projection booth, the drive-in maintenance storage area and the like, projectionists and theater operators generally will be interested in the "Wire Former" by M & W Manufacturing Co., 1950 Sheridan Road. North Chicago. 111. 60064. This is a hand tool of case-hardened metal for making peg-board hooks, self hangers and holders for use in the projection booth, workshop or for personal use. The equipment shapes with precision any wire or cold rolled rod up to 5/32" in diameter, makes eyes This is the Wire Former, a handy tool for projectionists in making pegboard tool storage panels to end possible clutter in the projection booth. with 3/16" inside diameter, to make convenient anchoring to a wall with screws or nails, if pegboard types are not suitable. With its own built-in cutter, it bends wire right and left, forming any angle, arc or circle or straightening mistakes made. The equipment may be ordered from the manufacturer for S3. 98. Galvanized steel wire of 9 gauge .148 diameter, or hardened aluminum wire 5/32" .156 diamater is also available from M & W. iP CORRECTION In the September issue of International Projectionist, it was inadvertently stated that the copper drippings program was started by president Morris I. Klapholz of the 25-30 Club Inc., a New York organization of motion picture projectionists. The statement was in error: the originator and founder of the copper drippings program, which is now being used all over the U. S. for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, was Morris J. Rotker. Mr. Rotker has been presented with many commendations for his efforts in this drive as well as a statuette of Will Rogers for his creativeness. Mr. Rotker is now Recording and Corresponding Secretary of the 2530 Club, Inc., and was the General Chairman of the Silver Anniversary Banquet of the organization held at New York's Hotel Empire in January. iP CARBON ARCS . . FOR FINEST PROJECTION Jloxsutine /lie GoaM&kA division Brighter Light on Screen • Longer Burning per Carbon • More Economical . . . Compact Xenon Arcs division — Xr-moss LAMPH0USES • "X^tvzcw POWER SUPPLIES \ CARBONS, INC. BOONTON, N.J. 1 16 International Projectionist March. 1965