¶ Robert Joseph Levy, 50, a partner in the Manhattan brokerage firm, Robert J. Levy and Co., was named chairman of Standard Gas & Electric Co. (TIME, Nov. 17), replacing Edward O. Boshell, 51, who resigned to devote full time to Westinghouse Air Brake Co., where he is president and board chairman. Levy, a Standard Gas director since 1947, was chief administrative officer of the Board of Economic Warfare in 1942. In 1943 he was commissioned a major, went overseas and became Dwight Eisenhower's liaison officer to Charles de Gaulle, was discharged...
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