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his RIA board membership
reluctantly. He was intensely
interested in the rebuilding of
Washington's blighted neigh
borhoods and told the Presi-
dent he would have been de-
lighted to have been consid-
cred for another term under
normal circumstances" but
that "the condition of my
health is such that I must ask
not to be so considered"
Offered Assistance
However, Mr.. Remon offered
to serve in some advisory ca
pacity to whatever his health
would permit.
Gordon Howard, RIA dep
uty director, said Mr.. Remon'S
death was "a personal bereave-
ment" to the entire RIA staff
"He had worked with us so
long and so we'll that we feel
this as a personal loss" said
Mr.. Howard. "Mr. Remon never
lost faith in Washington s
urban renewal program. When
it suffered setbacks he only
worked harder to bring into
reality the dreams for build
ing a better city out of slums
We feel the buildings rising
in Southwest Washington ale
a monument to him"
Long With Phone Firm
Mr.. Remon was born at
Salem, Mass, on November %.
1885. He attended grade and
high school in Salem and was
graduated from Worcester
Polytechnic with a degree in
electrical engineering in 1909
Soon after graduation, Mr.
Remon went to work in the lone
lines department of the Amer
ican Telephone & Telegraph
Co. in Baltimore. He remained
with the utility firm Al -ears
and rose to one OF the top ex.
ecutive jobs in AT&T's Wash.
lngton area operating COM
panies.
Mr.. Remon came to Wash
ington in 1925 as general traffic
supervisor of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Com.
panies. He was appointed gen.
eral manager of the telephone
company in Virginia in 1929
Two years later he was named
general manager of the Wash.
Iington operating company.
In 1886, Mr.. Remon was made
vice president in charge of op,
erationS for the four Chesa,
peake & Potomac Telephon,
&c m pa mics S in Washington
Maryland, Virginia and Yves
Virginia. He relinquished thi
position in 1916 but remained
with the telephone company a.
a top adviser to the presiden
on general operating and en-
gineering policies. He retireC
in 1850.
! Mr.. Remon served on tn,
boards of the C&P companie
and the American Security &
Trust Co.
In Civic Work
While he was a well-knowI
business figure, Mr.. Remon ais
had a reputation as a tireles
leader in community affairs.
He was appointed to the Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission (now tn
National Capital Planning Com
miSsion) by President Truman
in 1850 and served for a tim
as chairman of the commission
On January Is, 1858, Presi
dent Truman wrote to Mr.. Re
mon:
Il want to tell you before
retire to private life how mucl
I appreciate the valuable con
tribution you have made to tn,
National Capital PlanninI
Commission.
THE National Capital Plan
ming Act of 1852, which wa
steered through Congress un
der your able direction, is al
accomplishment in which W,
may both take pride.
Il know also that your per
sonal liaison with the Distric
of Columbia Redevelopmen
Land Agency has been instru
mental in producing a re
development plan that point
the way towards clearing tn
terrible slums in Southwes
Washington.
This important work ha;