Word: cole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...retirement at 65, General Motors finally named its new men at the top. As expected, Donner's successor is 60-year-old President James M. Roche (TIME cover, May 20, 1966). As for Roche's successor, G.M. settled weeks of speculation by tapping Edward Nicholas Cole, 58, one of five executive vice presidents who had been in the running...
Gertrude Stein's Gertrude Steins by Nancy Cole is based on a selection of Miss Stein's prose, poetry, plays, and letters, interspersed with dance and mime. According to Mrs. Chutter, the work presents an "impressionistic evocation" of the poet's life...
Odds are that the new president will be one of G.M.'s five present executive vice presidents: George Russell, 62, Roger M. Kyes, 61, Edward N. Cole, 58, Semon E. ("Bunky") Knudsen, 55, and Edward D. Rollert, 55. On the basis of seniority, Russell, who has long been Donner's top financial aide, stands first in line. But since G.M.'s presidency ordinarily leads to the chairmanship, with at least three or four years in each post, Russell's age is counted against him. The same applies to Kyes, who served in the Eisenhower Administration...
...other three are look-alikes in their corporate backgrounds. All are graduate engineers who have been G.M. divisional heads. Cole came from Chevrolet, where he was best known for having developed the Corvair; though the car has had recent safety and sales problems, it is still counted a success in G.M. circles. An articulate man with an outgoing personality, Cole should be the favorite for the big job if G.M. is anxious to polish its public relations image, which became somewhat tarnished under austere Fred Donner. But Cole has a black mark on his record: he was less than stringent...
Knudsen, who has headed both the Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions, is the son of a popular former G.M. president. He lacks Cole's flair, would be more in the Donner-Roche tradition. Rollert, a Buick alumnus, is considered a comer, but he has been an executive vice president only since February 1966, and it would be a surprise if he were leapfrogged over the others...