¶Bruce Alva Gimbel, 39, moved up to the presidency of Gimbel Brothers, Inc., succeeding his father, Bernard Feustman Gimbel, 68, who became chairman of the board. The third-generation Gimbel to be president since great-grandfather Adam Gimbel opened his Palace of Trade in Vincennes, Ind. 111 years ago, Bruce Gimbel started learning the business after graduation from Yale, has been vice president of Saks Fifth Avenue (a Gimbel subsidiary) since 1946.
¶William F. Dietrich, 52, executive vice president of the 50-year-old Green Giant Co., world's largest packer (27 canneries) of peas and corn (annual sales: $46 million), was named president...
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