Robert P. Stewart
William W. Wells
RECENT APPOINTMENTS
The appointment of Robert P. Stewart as at
torney in the Legal Department was announced
this month by Philip C. Brownell, Assistant Coun
sel of Olin Industries, Inc., and Vice President of
Ecusta Paper Corporation.
Mr. Stewart, a native of Charlotte, N. C., is a
graduate of Duke University and the University of
Michigan Law School. He is a member of the
Bar of North Carolina and Michigan.
Entering the Army as a Private in 1941, Mr.
Stewart was discharged in 1947 with the rank of
Lt. Colonel. He was decorated with the Bronze
Star and two oak-leaf clusters while serving with
the 30th Infantry Division artillery in the Euro
pean Theatre of Operations. He is a Lt. Colonel
in the Field Artillery Reserves.
At the end of World War II, while still in uni
form, he was a legal assistant and military aide to
Judges Francis Biddle and John J. Parker at the
trials of the major war criminals at Nurnburg.
His legal experience has included a law clerk
ship with John J. Parker, Chief Judge of the U. S.
Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He has been
a member of, and associated with, law firms in
Charlotte, and has been legal counsel for the Reg
ional Office of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration in Charlotte.
Mr. Stewart is married to the former Helen
O’Neal of Asheville, and they have three sons.
William W. Wells has been appointed Wage
and Salary Supervisor, it was announced by E. B.
Garrett, Industrial Relations Manager.
Mr. Wells, a native of Canton, N. C., is a grad
uate of Wake Forest College. Prior to coming to
Ecusta, he was in business in Asheville and was
Supervisor of the Wage Standard Section of the
American Enka Corporation.
Volunteering as an aviation cadet in the Army
Air Force in 1942, he served in the Air Transport
Command in the South American and Caribbean
Theatres of Operations. He was discharged in
1946.
Mr. Wells is married to the former Dorothy
Jeanne Smith of Canton. They have three chil
dren.
RECENT VISITOR
A recent visitor at
Ecusta was Mr. J. P.
Rupert of the R em-
hrandt Tobacco Manu
facturing Corp., Ltd. in
Huguenot, Pearl, Union
of South Africa. Mr.
Rupert (left) is shown
with Harry Dreyer.
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