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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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. Both were also elected di-rectors of the company last month.Mr. Gilmer and Mr. deButts are cur-rently executive vice presidents. Effective on the same date, AngusS. Alston will become executive vicepresident, succeeding Mr. Gilmer. Hein turn will be succeeded as vicepresident-personnel relations byWilliam C. Mercer, who is now vicepresident-marketing. William M.Ellinghaus, assistant vice president-marketing and rate plans, was electedvice president and will succeed Mr. Mercer in the marketing post. Mr. Romnes brings to his new posi-tion more than 38 years of extensiveexperience in communications tech-nology and operations. His first BellSystem employment was as a memberof a Wisconsin Telephone Companyline crew during his 1927 summervacation from the University of Wis-consin, from which he graduated withan engineering degree the followingyear. After graduation he joined BellTelephone Laboratories as a memberof its technical staff engaged in cir-cuit design work. In 1935, he trans- 32
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ferred to AT&T and in the succeedingyears rose through a variety of engi-neering management assignmentsthere and in the Illinois Bell Tele-phone Company. In 1950 he becamedirector of operations of AT&Ts LongLines Department, and two years laterwas named chief engineer of AT&T.After serving four years as AT&Ts vicepresident-operations, he was electedpresident of the Western ElectricCompany in 1959. Mr. Romnes re-turned to AT&T as vice chairman ofthe board in 1964 and a year later waselected president. lohn D. deButts Mr. Romnes is also a director ofPacific Telephone and TelegraphCompany, Chemical Bank New YorkTrust Company, the Goodyear Tire andRubber Company, United States SteelCorporation, National Safety Council,American Cancer Society, and theDowntown-Lower Manhattan Asso-ciation. Mr. Kappels retirement from activeparticipation in AT&T managementcomes after more than 42 years of BellSystem service. He will continue as adirector and will act as chairman ofthe

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