Changes of the Week

P: Clyde J. Fitzpatrick, 47, operating vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was asked to become president of the Chicago & North Western, succeeding Paul E. Feucht (TIME, Feb. 20). A tough, self-educated railroader, Fitzpatrick has spent his entire career with the Illinois Central, which he joined as a telegraph operator at the age of 16, moved up until he became the youngest (45) vice president in Illinois Central history.

P: Gale B. ("Gus") Aydelott, 41, moved from executive vice president to president of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, succeeding Wilson McCarthy, who died two weeks ago at the age of 71. A lifelong railroader, Aydelott signed on as a track laborer for the Rio Grande in 1936, shortly after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in transportation. He moved up fast, learned his business as an assistant gang foreman, track inspector, engineering assistant and trainmaster. He changed to a white collar in 1943, was made vice president and general manager in 1954, executive vice president last year.

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