Word: chairmanning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...serious matter was the late famed Joseph ("Joe") Chamberlain's daily practice of appearing in the House of Commons wearing an orchid. This extravagant tradition, though abandoned by his son Sir Austen Chamberlain, now Foreign Secretary, is still staunchly upheld by Sir Harry Brittain, M. P., who was chairman of the British Hospitality Committee for U. S. officers in London during...
...specific tasks which Charles Evans Hughes will perform for John Davison Rockefeller Jr. as special counsel in the fight to oust Col. Robert Wright Stewart as Chairman of the Board of Standard Oil of Indiana are not likely to tax his skill. Many another lawyer could? and probably will?attend to the technical points involved in the battle of proxies. But no other lawyer could bring to the Rockefeller cause such enormous prestige, such widespread confidence...
...president, one secretary, one legal counsel, one Executive Committee. In their places came a new president, new secretary, two new vice presidents, no new Executive Committee. Victorious, at least temporarily, was Founder William Childs, who last December was deposed as President and installed in theoretical passivity as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Childs regarded his Chairmanship as no honorary position. Securing a 6 to 2 control of the directors, he last week bodily removed the "usurping" executives and replaced them with members of his own family. For the time being at least, the Childs' restaurants (125 units...
WILLIAM Hero, Chairman of the board...
Twelve rounds having been fought (TIME, Jan. 28, Feb. 4), the fight to a finish between John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Col. Robert Wright Stewart, minority stockholder and board-chairman, respectively, of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, continued last week as follows...