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• Paul M. Hahn was a native New Yorker born March 6, 1895, educated at City College of New York and Columbia Law School.

1917–19: 38 he practiced law and for six years was a member of the law fim of Chadbourne, Stanchfield and Levy.

1938 /E: [Source 1991 March 13 Interview with PM staffer/executives about key people.]

American Tobacco Brands had been the leader of the industry in volume. Paul Hahn, despite having his reputation besmirched over a judge-bribery case in the late 1930s, was still considered the top industry spokesman. He had come out of the white-shoe firm of Chadbourne (where word had it, they would never again hire a jew, in view of Hahn's subsequent behavior.)"

1939: Hahn joined the American Tobacco Company as Assistant to the President. One year later he became a Vice President and Director.

1950: he was elected President of American Tobacco Co. His assuming that position marked a new era for the company, if not for the industry as a whole, since he represented a managenent man, rather than a strictly "tobacco man" salesman-type. Mr. Hahn was small of stature, with a dignified demenor, accompanied by a dynamic vitality.

[Source Apr 30 1996]

1954: Pres ATC 1950-1963; Signed "A Frank Statement" 1954

1954 Jan 25: Statement on origins and purpose of the TIRC by Paul Hahn [President of American Tobacco Co]. He says the TIRC was formed as a reaction to skin-painting reports by Wynder and Graham, and others in the literature, JAMA, and Cancer Research (1953) + statements by Ochsner — also publicity in national magazines like Time, Life, Readers' Digest.

1962 Oct 1: Hahn's letter to Frank Stanton of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) complaining about an 'one-sided and misleading program' called "The Teen-Age Smoker." It focused on the Royal College of Physicians report in the UK. Both the draft and the final letters are in the archives.

For example, inverviews with anti-cigarette scientists were allotted approximately 676 aeconds - more than-twice the 318 seconds allotted to scientists who challenged their cigarette theory.

1963: Retired from ATC