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Show Mountain Fuel Co. Announces Change In Top Management Major changes in the top management man-agement of the Mountain Fuel Co. were made Tuesday by the firm's board of directors following follow-ing the resignation of J. C. Don-nell Don-nell II, chairman of the board, and the mandatory retirement at age 65 of W. T. Nightingale, president. Mr. Nightingale, who served as president since 1951, was elected chairman of the board, while M. H. Fidlar, executive vice president, was elected chief executive officer and president. No successor to Mr. Fidlar was named. The changes are effective August 1. Mr. Donnell, also president of Ohio Oil Co., resigned as chairman chair-man of the Mountain Fuel Supply Sup-ply Co. board of directors in order to devote more time to his duties with the Ohio form. However, How-ever, he will continue to serve as a Mountain Fuel director. His successor as chairman of the board, Mr. Nightingalehas had a long and distinguished career with Mountain Fuel spanning span-ning more than 36 years. In that time, in addition to being president, presi-dent, he has served as chief geologist, ge-ologist, vice president and as director of the company. The newly elected president, Mr. Fidlar, came to Mountain Fuel via the Ohio Oil Co. and has served as senior geologist, chief geologist, manager of the exploration division, vice president, presi-dent, executive vice president, and director. Mr. Donnell, retiring board chairman, served as president of Mountain Fuel from 1942 to 1951. Prior to 1942, he served as vice president and director of the company. He has been president of the Ohio Oil Co. since 1948. He is a native of Findlay, O., where he still resides, and has been active in civic affairs. Mr. Nightingale is a native of Carbonda, Wash., and a graduate of the University of Washington. Washing-ton. Following service in the Army during World War I, he was employed by the Whitehall Petroleum Corp., London, from 1920 to 1924 as geologist in India, Assam and Burma. He returned to the U.S. in 1924 and obtained a Master's degree in geology from the University Uni-versity of Washington, then he spent five years in the employ of two major oil companies doing do-ing geological work in all of the western states. |