In Midland, Mich.

Thirty-three years ago the directors of Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, Mich, held their first meeting. Last week the directorate held another epochal meeting. Their purpose: to elect a new president to succeed the late Dr. Herbert Henry Dow, founder of the company. Presiding over the meeting was Albert E. Convers, chairman, who has been with the company since its inception. Also at the meeting were Directors G. E. Collings and James T. Pardee, both of whom had been at the first meeting. Unanimously they voted that...

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