Two corporations with headquarters in Philadelphia recently advanced or appointed Jewish personnel to high posts in management, the Management Consulting Service of the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Employment and Vocational Service reported.
Scott Paper Co. promoted an executive to assistant general counsel and named a chemist as a scientific specialist in its research division. The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. advanced three of its Jewish officials to higher management posts, one of them to a vice-presidency.
The AJC-JEVS service was established with a grant from the Leon C. Sunstein Foundation in 1966 to assist and encourage employers in industry and finance to recruit qualified Jews for executive and management posts and to urge qualified Jews to take advantage of expanding opportunities in such positions with large corporations, fields in which Jews traditionally have been barred.
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