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Package Deal. Miller takes over from Ford President John Dykstra, who is stepping down at the mandatory retirement age of 65. Much of Miller's career is tied up with former Ford President McNamara. A top student at U.C.L.A. in banking and finance, he at first wanted to become a teacher, changed his mind during the war after teaming up with nine other brilliant young men at the Air Force's statistical school at Harvard. Led by Tex Thornton, now chairman of Litton Industries, and including McNamara, they offered themselves in a package deal to Henry Ford...
Larks on the Wing. New brooms are fairly common in Detroit these days. Under Chairman Henry Ford II and John Dykstra, 63, who is rounding out his freshman year as president. Ford has increased sales by 14% over last year's rate, though its market share is off slightly to around 28% because G.M. is getting so much. Production Expert Dykstra and Ford Division Chief Lee lacocca. 37, face a vexing problem: their new intermediate-sized Fairlane is off to a fast start, but it seems to be stealing sales from the Falcon and lower-priced Galaxy. Falcon...
Profits in Peace. There was scant chance that the Big Three would agree to profit sharing. Romney, growled Ford President John Dykstra, is "not going to write the contract for Ford Motor Co.'' But the American Motors settlement was bound to put pressure on the Big Three to improve their offer. It was doubtful that the Big Three and the union could reach agreement before the Aug. 31 deadline, and the U.A.W. has vowed that it will not work without a contract. Oddly enough, Labor Day, which falls only four days after the deadline, provides a special incentive...
...After a 2½-year search for a president, Mack Trucks Inc., oldest and largest independent U.S. truck maker, found its man last week in McDonnell Aircraft Corp. Vice President Nicholas Dykstra, 47. Dykstra, who joined McDonnell only this year after 26 years at Curtiss-Wright, is an all-round executive with experience in finance, manufacturing, purchasing and sales. No kin to Ford President John Dykstra, Mack's new president has been entrusted with making the truck company's estimated $35 million plant construction and automation program...
...unwind from his work, Dykstra likes to raise flowers (roses, daffodils, tulips) in the garden of his Georgian colonial home in suburban Bloomfield Vil lage, where he lives with his wife Marion. Another hobby: quick trips to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he has a home and a 33-ft. Chris-Craft cruiser for deep-sea fishing...