Word: bradshaw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Terry Bradshaw, the man Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson said could not spell the word "cat" if you spotted him the "c" and the "a," will receive an honorary doctorate in the humanities from his almost mater, Louisiana Tech, on Saturday. The presentation will take place at the school's commencement ceremonies at Aillet Stadium...
...Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul...
...early January, according to one board member, the committee had settled on one of its own, Arco President Bradshaw, an urbane intellectual who had demonstrated organizational and management talent during his 16 years' tenure as chief operating officer of the energy company. In that period, Arco earnings rose from $40 million to $1.65 billion. Having been an RCA board member for the past nine years, Bradshaw was as familiar as anyone outside the firm could be with both the company's problems and potential. Moreover, he had also long since groomed his own successor at Arco, and thus...
...time Bradshaw agreed to take the job, however, rumors of Griffiths' impending resignation were already leaking in torrents from disgruntled insiders at RCA. That wrecked any hope that the top personnel change could be made without another barrage of bad publicity. Though RCA had prepared a four-page press release that was to be issued following last Monday's regularly scheduled meeting of Arco's board of directors in Los Angeles, the company had to put out a statement two days early that Griffiths was being replaced by Bradshaw...
...Bradshaw is not yet saying anything about his plans for RCA, but one subject is almost certain to have his attention immediately: what to do about NBC President Fred Silverman, the programming hot-shot who pushed ABC to the top of television ratings in the mid-1970s and was hired in 1978 to do the same for NBC. Silverman has brought about a personnel upheaval at the network, and, although NBC has recently picked up in the ratings game, it still trails far behind leading CBS. Rumors have been swirling for months that Silverman would soon be fired, or perhaps...