Wrul: This Unique Short Wave Radio Station Sells Nothing and Builds International Good Will

Walter S. Lemmon, 45-year-old president and founder of WRUL, considers his radio work as an extra-curricular activity—an unsalaried, personal contribution to Democracy and international goodwill. Born in New York City, he studied electrical engineering and radio at Columbia University and won the coveted Trowbridge Research Fellowship. In 1917 he headed full steam into the U.S. Navy to organize schools for radio training, he pioneered in ship-to-shore telephones, and finally at 23 accompanied President Wilson to Versailles as his special radio officer. Today, General Manager of the Radiotype Division of the International Business Machines Corporation, vice-president of the Ecuadorean-American Chamber of Commerce, a member of the National Defense Communications Board, and, of course, driving power and president of WRUL, he is undoubtedly one of the, busiest executives in the country. And also one of its leading commuters. His home is in Greenwich, Connecticut, his radio station is in Boston, his I.B.M. office is in New York and his National Defense Communications Board meetings are held in Washington.

Hobbies? Just what one would expect of an old navy man—boating and swimming. He says he is not old enough for golf.