Show HOVEY NOW HEADS FAIRBANKS MORSE CO the directors of fairbanks morse company fol follow ing the recent annual meeting elected W S hovey president of the company the former president C H morse bei L coming b chairman of the board this is the first time this position has been held by a man not of the original morse family born in 1875 a graduate of cornell 1 mr hovey joined the sheffield car corn com pany an affiliation of fairbanks morse in 1902 as assistant st sui perin later he became which position he held until 1913 when he was trans ferre berred d to the beloit works of fairbanks morse as manager of i the engine divi division sion A few months later saw him gener general at wan man aber of that plant in 1919 hovey was elected vice president j in ch charge ar g e of all the manufacturing a active C tivi of fairbanks morse and in 1924 was made general manager of the entire business his elevation to tile the pres pr brings a man to the helm of this company who has worked his way up through the ranks his thorough grasp of all factors of this widely extended business makes wi halil in the opinion of his associates well suited for the new n office he will rema remain in general manager |