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Show President ... . ifciiBBfii SiilBiBIH BEN DEAN BEN DEAN ELECTED NATIONAL PRES. OF KIWANIS CLUBS As advertising executive and former newspaper editor, who long has been one 'of America's top spokesmen for the free enterprise system of government, will guide Kiwanis International's more than 2,200 clubs and 132,000 members throughout the United States and Canada during the coming year. Ben Dean, of Grand Rapids, Mich., known by thousands of Kiwanians from coast-to-coast, came up the ladder the hard way and previous to his election as president of the international service ser-vice organization played an active role in the movement of business, industry and agriculture to preserve pre-serve and protect their constitutional constitu-tional rights. Dean was elected president of Kiwanis International at its 1944 war-time convention in. Chicago. His selection was hailed by leaders lead-ers in all walks of life for he speaks a language calling for a stable world economy after the war. |