PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Feb. 27, 1956

¶ James M. Skinner Jr., 41, moved from television vice president to president of Philco Corp., the same job his father held from 1929-39. After attending the University of Pennsylvania ('32-'34) Skinner went into Philco as a factory expeditor, rose to sales manager for accessories, headed the Philco radio-radarelectronics school during World War II, then became sales veep for refrigerators. He succeeds James H. Carmine, who is retiring.

¶ Henry Samuel Beers, 57, moved from vice president to president of Hartford's Aetna Life affiliated Companies (second largest full-line insurance group after Travelers)....

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