Word: chairman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rapidly as the industry it regulates. Established in 1934 to supervise telephone and telegraph companies and the broadcasting industry, the FCC now oversees a vast realm that includes everything from transoceanic cables to communications satellites. For more than two months, President Nixon has been searching for a new chairman to take charge of the commission's expanding responsibilities. Some time this week, the President is expected to announce his choice for the nomination: former Republican National Chairman Dean Burch...
Last week a group of top corporate officials resolved to confess, repent and reform. They formed the Construction Users' Anti-Inflation Roundtable -quickly nicknamed "Roger's Roundtable" because it is headed by Roger M. Blough, retired chairman of U.S. Steel. It includes executives of General Motors, Standard Oil (N.J.), General Electric, Union Carbide...
...major computer-leasing firm. This month, CNA Financial Corp., the Chicago-based owner of a group of life-and casualty-insurance firms, completed acquisition of The Larwin Group Companies, a California housebuilding combine that took in revenues of $50 million in 1968. Larwin President Lawrence Weinberg and CNA Chairman Howard Reeder began by discussing a $20 million CNA loan to Larwin but wound up negotiating a merger instead...
...relation ship between father and son has changed. Barren, now 41, is not only president and chief executive of Hilton Hotels (at $100,000 a year), but has considerably widened his father's footsteps since he took charge three years ago. The elder Hilton, who, at 81, remains chairman of the board but contents himself with an advisory role, is delighted with his son's performance. "Things are going very well with us," he says...
Expanding the system requires large amounts of capital investment. Under the direction of Chairman Thomas W. Moore, a former head of ABC Television, T.R.S. has already committed itself to spend $22 million to buy or lease computers and terminals from Control Data Corp. of Minneapolis, and plans to spend another $15 million. Last week, for an undisclosed sum, Control Data in turn acquired 50% of T.R.S.'s stock...