Changes of the Week

P: Thomas Cyril Fogarty, 52, moved up from executive vice president of the metal division to president of Continental Can Co., No. 2 U.S. canmaker (after American Can), to succeed retiring President Hans A. Eggerss. General Lucius D. Clay continues as chairman. A strapping (6 ft. 3 in., 207 Ibs.), jovial packaging expert, Fogarty was born in Rockland, Mass., graduated from Harvard ('22). He joined Continental Can in 1929, became package designer, rose steadily. To keep Continental Can growing, Fogarty will continue diversifying into paper and plastic containers, expects to cut production costs with a new all-steel can for food products that replaces tin linings with enamel.

P: Harland Clement Forbes, 57, was named president of Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, to succeed Hudson R.

Searing, who moved up to board chairman but remains chief executive officer. Forbes was born at Colebrook, N.H., got an engineering degree from the University of New Hampshire ('21) and M.I.T., where he taught for two years. Forbes joined New York Edison (later absorbed by Con Edison) in 1924.

P: Philip Ryan, 57, executive vice president of Cutler-Hammer Inc., biggest U.S.

producer of electrical controls, was named president and chief executive officer, succeeding G. Stewart Crane, who was elected board chairman. Ryan was born in Anaconda, Mont., worked his way through Cornell University, joined Cutler-Hammer in 1920 as a student engineer.

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