Changes of the Week

P: Stanley L. Brown, 43, was lured away from the James B. Beam Distilling Co. to become president of Park & Tilford Distillers Corp. He succeeds Arthur D. Schulte, who continues as chief executive officer in his new job as board chairman, vacant since the death (in 1949) of his father, Cigar-Store-Chain Founder David A. Schulte. A native New Yorker, Brown started selling shoes at 18, studied journalism in New York University night school, tried reporting for New York's Daily Mirror, went back to selling shoes, later became general merchandise manager for Chicago's Goldblatt Brothers department store. In 1936 he began selling whisky for Seagram & Sons, and after a stint with several other distillers went to Beam as sales vice president.

P: Lyman C. Martin, 58, ex-factory hand, was named president and chief executive officer of Louisville's Mengel Co. (bedroom furniture, cardboard boxes), to succeed Alvin A. Voit, who resigned. After prep school, Kentuckian Martin went to work for Mengel's box factory, moved up quickly. Martin was picked for top boss by his longtime business friend Walter P. Paepcke, chairman of Container Corp. of America, which last year bought working control of Mengel. Container Corp. has no immediate plans to merge Mengel or make it a subsidiary, will let Martin run it as a separate company.

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