International projectionist (Jan-Dec 1947)

P E R S O N N E L Dan D. Halpin, pioneer in the promotion of commercial television, has been appointed RCA Television Receiver Sales Manager. Joining RCA in 1940, Halpin has been television sales manager for New York, coordinator of the first large-screen theatre television, and coordinator of RCA department store tele. During the past 15 months he has addressed more than 100 organizations and trade groups on the subject of tele. Halpin is a past president and director of the American Television Society, a member of the Sales Executives Club of N. Y. and of the Western Universities Club, and past president of the Notre Dame Club of N. Y. Graduated from Notre Dame in 1931, he managed the late Knute Rockne's last national championship football team of 1930. * * * Frederick R. Lack, vice-president and a director of Western Electric Co. in charge of its radio division, was elected president of the American Standards Association at the recent 28th annual meeting of this organization in N. Y. City. Mr. Lack began his career with Bell Telephone System which he joined in 1911 as an assembler. During the late war he was for a time director of the Army and Navy Electronics Production Agency. In the first World War he served in France with the Signal Corps. He is a director of the I.R.E., the R.M.A. and the Smith Winchester Mfg. Co., and a member of the A.I.E.E. and the American Physical Society. He is president of the Harvard Engineering Society. * * * A. R. Hopkins has been named Manager of Communications and Electronic Equipment Sales for RCA. Formerly manager of the department for the Chicago area, Mr. Hnnkins will di^ct s=iles of product lines which include broadcast, television, test. scientific and electronic equipment. He is a graduate of Ohio State University and a senior member of the I.R.E. Other appointments recently announced by RCA include those of C. M. Lewis, who succ°"ds Mr. Hopkins in the Chicago area: /' Josephson in the New York region, and H. V. Somerville in the Cleveland territory * * * Appointments of several sales executives and a wholesale branch manager, effective January 1, were announced by the Eastman Kodak Co. Theodore F. Pevear has been named assistant general sales manager, and Thomas M. Connors becomes manager of the New York Branch, succeeding Edward T. McDermott, who retires after 51 years of service with Kodak. WiUinrn S. All"'1 h"s been appointed manager of the Amateur Accessories Sales Division in Rochester; Martin H. Donahoe, Jr.. manager of the Amateur Still Camera Sales Division, and Richard D. Lorbach, manager of the Chemical Sales Division. Clvnn p? l[fpntrfi bas been nnoointpcl manager of the Sales Service Division, effective January 1. Since January 1, 1946, he had been assistant manager of the di Bert Snnford Heads Altec Sales Bert Sanford, pioneer picture man and ?'i've in (lie sound equipment and servicing <V!ds for many vears, has been appointed Theatrical Sales Manager representing both Altec Service and Alter T,qns'"i corporations. Bert will act as liaison between the Altec companies and the theatre supply dealers and sound equipment manufacturers to stimulate more widespread use of Altec products and establish even closer relationship between the merchandising elements in the field. Bert's nation-wide contacts with the industry's technical forces, and particularly with projectionists, is attested to by various life memberships voted to him by I. A. locals and his recent election as an honorary member of the 25-30 Club of N. Y. City. ^P NEW BRENKERTS, DeVRYS, MONOGRAPHS ARE FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH "ZIPPERS" Convincing proof of the equipment manufacturer's changeover preference, is the selection of Strong "Zipper" Changeovers as standard factory equipment on new "AA" MOTIOGRAPH, new postwar DeVRY, and the new BRENKERT theater projectors. Strong "Zipper" Changeovers are available in three models: Strong Special (for porthole installation), Strong Zipper for sight alone or sound alone, and Strong Dual-Purpose Zipper for both sight and sound. Essannay Electric Manufacturing Co., 1438 N. Clark, Chicago 10. STRONG'S CHANGEOVERS AN ESSANNAY //ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING PRODUCT The NEW lap** ^J 'pnn.iFnTfiR MmIqI "J PROJECTOR Model "A" SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY . . . The New 1947 35mm Projector is Here Today! An achievement of the utmost in modern scientific engineering! The very finest in projection efficiency. Write, wire or cable jor full particulars. BLUE SEAL CINE DEVICES, Inc. 137-74 Northern Blvd., Flushing, L.I., N.Y. 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