Word: engen
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DIED. DONALD ENGEN, 75, head of the National Air and Space Museum and a much decorated Navy pilot; when the glider in which he was a passenger crashed near Minden, Nev., while he was on vacation with his wife. A gliding enthusiast who headed the FAA in the 1980s, Engen oversaw the exhibition of such gems as the Spirit of St. Louis, which Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic...
...once monster conglomerate that has been rapidly deconglomerating, has saved for future acquisitions some $1.6 billion earned by selling off two global automotive businesses this year. "A fair amount of that," says chairman Travis Engen, "will go to Asia. Much of the world's electronics is being produced there, and our footprint there in electrical connectors is rather modest. So that is an area where we would specifically like to make great investments in acquisitions." Asia supplies about 5% of ITT's global revenues, but Engen foresees that rising to a third in about 15 years--or in less time...
DIED. ALF ENGEN, 88, king of downhill skiing, who excelled on the slopes as a jumper, coach and entrepreneur; in Salt Lake City, Utah...