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CHICK ALLYN likes to say that his company's name is listed in the telephone book of every major city in the free world. N.C.R.'s lines of commerce spread out from Dayton, Ohio to seven plants and 500 offices in the U.S., and then out to an overseas empire on which the sun never sets: nine major plants strung from Europe to the Far East, sales offices in 121 nations. Sales were a fat $420 million in 1959, with an estimated profit of $18.9 million, best in N.C.R.'s 77-year history...
...world spreading U.S. ideas. At 68 he is nearing the rocking-chair age, but the ruddy, grey-haired businessman averages five trips abroad each year, traveling 100,000 miles. Says he: "You can't learn about world conditions sitting on the banks of the Miami River in Dayton." What Allyn has learned amounts to a field manual for U.S. businessmen...
...included a Shinto shrine for the workers, in the Japanese tradition, and Chairman Allyn placed an offering of leaves on the altar. To help teach U.S. customs and business practices, Allyn invites many foreign businessmen to be N.C.R.'s guests at the company's seminars at Dayton, this year expects 2,000 visitors from overseas...
Allyn had a master to teach him: John H. Patterson, N.C.R.'s founder, an erratic genius generally credited with being the father of modern salesmanship. Allyn, born in Madison, Wis., was just out of the University of Wisconsin ('13) when he went to Dayton to attend a wedding. He paid a visit to the N.C.R. plant and noticed a sign listing 100 reasons why it was a good place to work...
...list of luncheons follows: CLUB DATE SPEAKER Worcester* Dec. 30 Thomas Bolles and Peter Frost Washington, D.C. Dec. 28 Roger Robinson and David Henry Eastern Michigan (Detroit) Dec. 28 Henry Lamar Akron, Ohio Dec. 29 " " Central Ohio (Columbus) Dec. 30 " " Dayton, Ohio Dec. 31 " " Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 26 Alex Bell Syracuse, N.Y. Dec. 28 " " Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 29 " " Eastern New York (Albany) Dec. 30 " " San Diego, Cal. Dec. 17 Norman Shepard Chicago, Illinois Dec. 30 Prof. Franklin Ford Baltimore, Md. Dec. 29 Prof. Reuben Brower Kansas City, Kans. Dec. 23 (no speaker) Denver, Colo. Dec. 28 (no speaker) *dinner meeting...