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newspaper in the state. Almon J.
Durkee elected to the College of
Fellows of the American Institute
of Architects. The new senior vice
president of Norlin Corp, is Gilbert
A. Simpkins, a C.P.A., attorney,
and Norlin’s vice president for
finance since 1974. Remington M.
Ketcham is western division sales
manager of Chiquita Brands Inc.
Robert G. Carman, senior vice
president of the National Bank and
Trust Co., is at the bank’s cor­
porate headquarters in Norwich,
responsible for financial planning
and accounting. William E. Baer is
vice president of Insilco Corp., in
Meriden, Conn. Guy and Doris
Monthan wrote a book on Indian
art. Art and Indian Individualists.
Sidney M. Smith is senior vice presi­
dent of American Enka Co., a tex­
tile and fiber producing firm in
North Carolina. Lee J. Lent of
Franklin Lakes, N.J., is director of
marketing services of the Shulton
Co. Inc., Toiletries division of
American Cyanamid. Bernard J.
Gordich is president of BeyerBarbar Inc., an actuarial and
employee benefit consulting firm in
Allentown, Pa. Robert S. Abels is
president of the Boys’ and Young
Men’s Apparel Manufacturers As­
sociation. W. Burr Bennett opened
his own consulting firm, W. Burr
Bennett Ltd. in Chicago, to serve
all aspects of marketing and manu­
facturing concrete products. John
L. Marsh, professor of English at
Edinboro (Pa.) State College re­
ceived a grant from the Public
Committee for the Humanities
in Pennsylvania for “The Rural
Experience,’’ a study of a late
Victorian farm in western
Pennsylvania.

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Arthur E. Wright is direc­
tor of advertising for the Asbury
Park (N.J.) Press, the third largest