Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...financial world laughed at him for his radical new ideas: the redemption feature of the fund and the disclosure of portfolio. He bowed out of M.I.T. six months later, and in came Boston Banker Merrill Griswold, an early buyer of M.I.T. shares who became M.I.T.'s first chairman...
...sharp market break of 1937 with hardly a change in its portfolio; it simply put new cash into Treasury notes as a defensive measure. In that year, Dwight Robinson was rewarded for his work by being moved up to trustee. In 1954, when Merrill Griswold moved up to honorary chairman of the advisory board, Robinson slipped into his chair to guide M.I.T. through its greatest period of growth. In four years the fund has nearly doubled in size...
Leavey, who will serve as chairman until his retirement in July. Geneen's resignation came as a surprise to Raytheon President Charles Francis Adams and a shock to Wall Street. Geneen simply walked into Adams' office and announced: "I'm resigning." Company insiders say Geneen wanted Adams' spot as chief executive, realized that Adams was not about to yield. Geneen's resignation sent Raytheon's stock down 6½ points, touching off a wave of selling of other electronic issues. Reason: in his three years with Raytheon, Geneen, who came from a top post...
...output, even though most oilmen know that the big profits in oil are from producing, not from refining and marketing. Aramco also announced the election of Thomas Barger, 49, who was vice president and assistant to the president before, as president to succeed Norman Hardy, who was named board chairman. ¶ Avard E. Fuller. 42, was named president and chief executive officer of Fuller Brush Co., to succeed his older brother. Alfred Howard Fuller, 46, who was killed in a sports-car accident. Born in Hartford, Conn., home of Fuller Brush, Avard Fuller started out to be an aeronautical engineer...
...Three last week made it official. General Motors Chairman Frederic G. Donner announced that G.M.'s compact car will be called the "Corsair" and will be introduced to the public at the same time as its other 1960 cars early in October. Ford's candidate will be the "Falcon," and Chrysler's car will be called the "Valiant." Introduction dates: mid-October for Ford, early November for Chrysler. Prices for the three: somewhat under...