Smyrna times., 1958-01-16
MCCONNELL TO
DIRECT DRIVE
Hercules Powder Executive
Named to Head Delaware
1858 Heart Fund Drive
GOAL SET AT 100000

DR.. Edward NJ. Krieger, presi-
dent of the Delaware Heart Asso-
citation, has announced that ]. H.
Tyler Mcconnell, secretary of the
Hercules Powder Company, and
leader in many civic organizations
throughout the state, will be the
1858 Heart Fund chairman for
Delaware.
The Heart Fund goal this year
will be 100000 in order to con-
tinue the expanded programs of
the local association. Last years
Heart Fund drive was so success
full that the local organization was
able to expand its research activ-
ity into two other hospital labor
atories and appreciably increase
the local research budget.
I'VE emphasize this phase of
our program because it is our
primary purpose ~ to find the
causes of heart disease, 50 we can
develop cures or treatments to
combat this family of illnesses
that last year caused 53.9 per
cent of all deaths at all ages.
While we do not contemplate any
such expansion in the coming
year, we have assured these in
vestigators that the people of
Delaware will make it possible
for us to continue supporting
them in their work." commented
DIR. Krieger in announcing Mr..
McConnel's Craftsmanship.
''The professional programs,
public education activities and SER
vice to the victims of cardiovas-
cular disturbances have also been
expanded. The latest films show
ing the newest discoveries in the
laboratories and the latest tech
niques for treatment have been
added to our library, and the most
current pamphlets and books have
been distributed to the citizens
of Delaware. We have recently
added positive-pressure oxygen
equipment to our loan shelf for
the home-bound cardiac" he add
ed.
Mr.. Mcconnell, the former chair
man and member Of the Delaware
State Highway Commission, lives
with his wife and four children
on the Kennett Pike on the out
skirts of Wilmington and at In
dian Beach, near Rehoboth.
Mr.. Mcconnell has been active
in various civic affairs. He is the
director of the Delaware Chapter
of the American Red Cross and
has served as chairman Of its
campaigns and has also been ac-
tive in the campaigns of the
United Community Fund, Boy
Scouts, Methodist Country Home,
American Cancer Society, Child
ren's Bureau, Travellers Aid So
ciety, Welfare Council, and the
Y.M.CA. He is a director and
member of the executive commit
tee of the Delaware Trust Com
pany and is a director of Della
ware Park
He serves as a member of the
Board of Trustees of Virginia
Military Institute Foundation, the
financial board of the college from
which he graduated in 1886 with
an ABB. degree. He earned an
LIB. in 1889 from the Univer-
sity of Virginia Law School where
he was on the Deans list of dis
tinguished students and was bus
mess manager of the Virginia
Law Review.
Since coming to Delaware and
joining the Hercules Powder Com
pany in 1941, he has served sue
cessfully as acting plant mana
ger and plant counsel, at Her
cules-operated, government-owned
ordinance plants, as administra-
tive assistant to the general man
ager of Hercules Explosives Dept,
as assistant general counsel of the
company, and later as assistant
to the president of Hercules, prior
to assuming his present position
in August of 1855.
In accepting the responsibility
as state Heart Fund chairman,
Mr.. Mcconnell said, "The remark
able growth which the Heart AS
sociation has experienced in its
first ten years has been indeed