Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three, all lieutenant generals: Vernon E. Megee, 59, commanding the Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific; Edwin A. Pollock, 60, commanding the FMF in the Atlantic, and Merrill B. Twining, 56, commandant of the Marine Corps School at Quantico (and younger brother of Air Force General Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). Upon retirement under the Tombstone Law, all three will achieve four-star rank (but not necessarily an increase in retirement...
...Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, in Chicago, another Catholic prelate stood at a peak: for his longstanding friendship with the city's Jewish community, Auxiliary Archbishop Bernard J. Shell was named Man of the Year by the Greater Chicago Committee for State of Israel Bonds. Said Committee Board Chairman Harold Rosenberg: "A saintly...
...Concerto that it had to play three encores, and a halt had to be called after Lenny explained: "We are very tired from a long plane flight." As he shuffled offstage, a Greek woman shouted: "A new god has come to Athens." Two days later, in Lebanon, the music chairman of the Baalbek Festival said: "I want to cry. Everything now will be anticlimactic...
...news to the stockholders in recession year 1958, U.S. corporations voluntarily shouldered a heavier share than ever of the massive costs of U.S. higher education. In its biennial survey of 352 representative companies, the Council for Financial Aid to Education (chaired by Irving S. Olds, former board chairman of U.S. Steel) reported this week that last year's corporate gifts to colleges were up 23.5% from 1956. Unrestricted gifts, the educators' favorite type, led the list with 34% of the total, and even a few red-ink companies kicked in. But the council hopes that corporate giving...
...warning that tighter mortgage money may slow the pace of home starts, now a near record 1.300,000 a year. Overall construction is moving 12% ahead of last year, at an annual rate of $55 billion; builders expect it to rise to at least $57 billion in 1960. Says Chairman Melvin H. Baker of Buffalo's National Gypsum Co. (1958 sales: $163 million): "Seldom if ever has an industry looked forward to such bright prospects as does the construction industry. Despite all the talk of overcapacity, the U.S. today is actually greatly underequipped to meet the long-range challenges...