Word: schaffner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Meyer Kestnbaum, 57, scholarly president of Hart Schaffner & Marx, was named by President Eisenhower to succeed Clarence E. Manion as chairman of the Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. A quiet, shy man, with an astonishing literary appetite,, "Kesty" spends most of his spare time reading, a practice he feels too many businessmen avoid. An early member of Citizens for Eisenhower, he is chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and a director of the Chicago Community Fund. Kesty figures that he can do the job without quitting Hart Schaffner & Marx or moving to Washington...
Also nominated for Overseers' posts are Meyer Kestnbaum '18, Chicago, President of Hart, Schaffner, and Marx; Francis W. Hatch '19, Boston, Vice President and Director of the advertising firm of Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn, Inc.; Abbott L. Mills, Jr. '20, Washington, D.C., Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; J. Edward Lumbard '22, New York City, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Philip H. Theopold '25, Boston, member of the real estate firm of Minot, De Blois, and Maddison; and David Rockefeller '36, New York City, Vice President of the Chase...
...against the 2,500 available last year. (Witty Bros, plugged the fact that its Dacron slacks are washable.) Other merchants, using blends of Dacron with wool, rayon, nylon, or other less expensive yarns, offered cheaper suits (John David's at $45, Brooks Brothers at $52, Hart Schaffner & Marx at $69.50). Chicago's Lytton's store had boys' and young men's suits made of a blend of dynel, acetate and rayon, sold 1,000 suits in a fortnight...
...vice-presidents of the Council are: Edward J. Hanley M.B.A. '27, president of the Allegheny Ludium Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, and Meyer Kesienhaum M.B.A. '23, president of Hart, Schaffner a Marx, Chicago...
...down wrinkle-free and still sharply creased. Another cleaned his by tossing it into a washing machine; it came out in perfect condition. (Actually, the suits should be dry-cleaned to prevent the lining from wrinkling, though most ordinary spots can be washed off with soap & water.) Suitmaker Hart Schaffner & Marx is also using Dacron in 3,500 summer-weight suits to go on sale in 75 stores for $79.50. These suits are a blend of 55% Dacron and 45% wool. Hart Schaffner & Marx says it added the wool because all Dacron builds up a charge of static electricity during...