The Exhibitor (1966)

filers Named Eastman Kodak Head; Vaughn Elected Chairman Of Board ROCHESTER, N. Y. — Dr. Albert K. Chap¬ man has announced his resignation as a member and chairman of the board of directors of Eastman Kodak Company and as chairman of the company’s executive committee, effec¬ tive Jan. 1, 1967. At a meeting of the directors, William S. Vaughn, president since 1960, was elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer to succeed Dr. Chapman in January. Dr. Louis K. Eilers, executive vice-president, was elected president of Eastman Kodak Company to succeed Vaughn. In other action, the board elected Harry D. McNeeley a Kodak director, succeeding Dr. Chapman, and a member of the executive committee. McNeeley is president of the Ten¬ nessee Eastman Company and holds other offices as well. Dr. Chapman joined Kodak in 1919. He held positions of increasing importance and became general manager and a director in 1943 and president of the company in 1952. During his years as president, 1952-1960, the company expanded traditional interests in photographic manufacturing and developed diverse new products, including synthetic fibers, petrochemicals, and plastics. The company’s 1952 sales of $575 million rose to more than $1.4 billion in 1965. Vaughn, the new chairman, has been asso¬ ciated with Kodak since 1928. He held posi¬ tions of increasing responsibility with the com¬ pany in Rochester, N. Y., London, England, and Kingsport, Tenn. He became a Kodak director in 1959 and was elected president in 1960. In the years of Vaughn’s presidency, Kodak made exceptional progress on many fronts. A notable success was the introduction of Kodak Instamatic Cameras in 1963 and the subsequent sale of more than 10 million still cameras of this type. Sales of Instamatic movie cameras, projectors, and super 8 film, introduced in 1965, have also shown a strong growth trend. The continued growth of tfie business and of its sales and earnings has been accompanied by gains in the market value of Kodak stock and a broadening of share ownership. Share owners today number about 163,000 or 51,000 more than at the beginning of 1960. Dr. Eilers, who becomes the eighth president of Eastman Kodak Company, was first em¬ ployed as a chemist at Kodak Park Works in 1934. He did research on cellulose and cellulose esters, was placed in charge of the semiplant research unit for cellulose ester manufacture, transferred to the roll coating department, and in 1936 was named supervisor of acetate pro¬ duction. Advancement continued, and he became superintendent of roll coating and the roll coating finishing departments in 1946. Pro¬ gressing through a succession of film manufac¬ turing responsibilities, he was appointed an assistant general manager of Kodak Park Works in 1954. He was elected a vice-president and an assistant general manager of the company two years later. In 1959, Dr. Eilers went to Kingsport, Tenn., as first vice-president of the Tennessee Eastman Company and the Texas Eastman Company and president of Eastman Chemical Products, Inc. He later was named president of the Tennessee and Texas companies, vice-chairman 18 Rex Harrison greets a friendly rhinoceros in a scene from "Doctor Dolittle," an Arthur P. Jacobs pro¬ duction for 20th Century-Fox roadshow release, currently filming on location in the Caribbean. Variety Christmas Party NEW YORK — Irving Dollinger, chief bar¬ ker, New York Variety Club, Tent 35, an¬ nounced the appointment of Variety Interna¬ tional property master Nat Nathanson and Elliot Cohen as co-chairmen for the special Christmas party to be held on Dec. 17 for the children and grandchildren of Variety barkers and for a representative selection of hundreds of the area’s orphaned, handicapped and underprivileged youngsters. Dollinger also announced that Hill Weston would act as chairman representing the Tent’s Women of Variety. of ECPI, Inc., president of Carolina Eastman Company, and a vice-president of Holston Defense Corporation, offices he held until his election as an executive vice-president of East¬ man Kodak in November, 1963, and his return to Rochester in January, 1964. At that time he was also elected a Kodak director and a member of the executive com¬ mittee. Seven Regional Groups Change Names For NATO DETROIT — Following the address by presi¬ dent Sherrill C. Corwin to the southeastern motion picture convention in Atlanta, mem¬ bers of the three sponsoring associations, Ala¬ bama Theatres Association, Motion Picture Theatre Owners and Operators of Georgia, and Tennessee Theatre Owners Association, voted to change their names to National Asso¬ ciation of Theatre Owners of Alabama, Na¬ tional Association of Theatre Owners of Georgia, and National Association of Theatre Owners of Tennessee. President Corwin has urged that all NATO member units adopt names which will directly identify them with the national organization for the purposes of unifying exhibition and in¬ creasing identification and effectiveness in legislative and intra-industry matters. Within the past few weeks, seven exhibitor associations — including several of the oldest in the United States — have changed their names to identify with NATO: NATO of North and South Carolina, Inc.; NATO of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennes¬ see; NATO of Michigan, Inc.; NATO of Southern California; NATO of Alabama; NATO of Georgia; NATO of Tennessee. It is anticipated that all of the 48 affiliated exhibitor associations will soon also change their organization names to identify with the National Association of Theatre Owners. Lodge Postpones Drawing NEW YORK — New York’s Cinema Lodge of B’nai B’rith has postponed the selection of the winner of the 1967 Cadillac in its annual fund-raising drive on behalf of the B’nai B’rith agencies from the luncheon at the Hotel War¬ wick last week to the next luncheon to be held on Thursday, Dec. 15, it was announced by Norman Robbins, president of the Lodge. Robbins disclosed that the campaign which sees the sale of $25 contribution share cer¬ tificates was so far from the 750 goal that the executive committee felt that another four weeks were necessary to help raise more of these vitally needed funds which go to B’nai B’rith’s Anti-Defamation League, Hillel Foun¬ dations, Youth Organizations, Vocational Ser¬ vices, and other activities. Vice-President and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey were surprise visitors at the Washington, D.C., Variety Club's Personality-of-the-Year Banquet. Milton Berle was cited by Variety for his many charitable appearances in the past and for 53 years of top showmanship in the entertainment field. At left is prominent area exhibitor John Broumas. MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR November 30, 1966