Evening star., 1948-07-20
Woodward & Lofhrou
Elects Tyssowski as
Chairman Of Board

John TySsowSki, a member Of the
board of directors of Woodward &
Lothrop for the last 80 years, was
elected chairman of the board yes
terday.
He will succeed Brainard w.
Parker. Bethesda attorney. who has
been ch a / rm n since 1912. Mr..
Tyssowski had served as Executive
Committee chairman for the last
year.
The new chairman election was
announced by Andrew Parker, pres
tdent of the corporation. Several
other elections I'd appointments
were made at the same time.
They include the election of
Lloyd B. Wilson, former head of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., as chairman of the Executive
Committee to succeed Mr.. Tyssow-
ski.
Buckingham to Direct Personnel.
1t was also announced that the
personnel division of the depart
ment store will be taken over by
Vice President Donald Buckingham.
The service division and restaurants
will be supervised by D. Randall
buckingham, secretary, while Will
liam w. Everett, jr., assistant vice
president, will head the manu-
featuring division.
- Mr.. Tyssowski, who retired from
active business in 1941. devotes most
OF his time to raising pure-bred cat
tie and to farming his estate In
Fauquier County, Va. Born in
Washington, he attended Central
High School here, and started as a
mining engineer after his gradu-
alton from the University of Cali
fornia in 1908.
= Several years later, he entered
business as assistant to the general
manager of Childs restaurant chain.
He entered the Army before the
outbreak OF World War I, seeing
action on the Mexican border and
later in France.
: In 1915, Mr.. Tyssowski married
Miss Catherine Woodward, daugh-
ter of the founder Of the Washing
ton store.
Engaged in Foreign Trade.
In his later business experience
he was associated with the C. H.
Post interests as vice president and
American manager of the American
Foreign Trade Corp. and general
manager and treasurer of the Ben
nett Day Importing Co.
Between 1928 and his retirement
In 1941. Mr.. Tyssowski returned to
the mining field as president of the
Copper Deoxidation Corp.
Mr.. Parker, the retiring chairman,
practiced law in Washington after
his graduation from Columbian Uni
versity (now George Washington
in 1901. He was formerly with the
firm of G. c. Cole at one time an
associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the District.
Wilson Nebraska Native.
Mr.. Wilson, who will serve as
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee, is a native of Plattsmouth, Nebr.
He entered the telephone business
in 1899 as night operator for the
Bell Telephone Co. and rose to be
president and director of the four
Chesapeake g. Potomac Co. posi-
tions he held from 1929 until in 1s45,
when he was elected chaiQnan of
the boards of directors Of the COM
panies.
Donald Buckingham was born in
Washington, and graduated from
Central High School and George
Washington University. He started
working at Woodward g. Lothrop in
1925, and has been there since, ex-
cept for service on the War Produc-
tion Board and in the Navy dur
ing World War II. He is the son
of DR.. and Mrs. D. E. Buckingham
of Washington.
His brother, the secretary of
Woodward &, Lothrop, D. Randall
Buckingham is also a native OF
Washington and a graduate of Gen.
tral High School and George Wash
ington. He has served with the
department store for nearly rs years
in many different positions.
Mr.. Everett, the assistant vice
president, was born here and grad
uated from the Peddie School and
Lehigh University. He has been
employed at the store since 1884.