NATION

The Independent Insurance Agents of America, New York, elected the following officers at the trade group’s recent convention: Thomas J. Baker Jr. of Houston, president; Lawrence E. Hite of Ona, W. Va., president-elect and chairman of the executive committee; Southgate Jones Jr. of Durham, N.C., senior vice president, and A. William Bailey Jr. of Waco, Tex., vice president.

The American Health & Beauty Aids Institute, Chicago, elected the following officers at the trade group’s convention: Gary Gardner, president of Soft Sheen Products, was named chairman; Fred Luster Sr., president of Luster Products Co., first vice chairman; Nathaniel Bronner Sr., president of Bronner Bros., second vice chairman; Frank Davie, president of Worlds of Curls, treasurer; Joe Dudley Sr., president of Dudley Products Co., secretary; William Madison, president of Gentille Products Co., parliamentarian, and Austin W. Curtis, president of A. W. Curtis Laboratories, historian.