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Grove, 48, the son of a Hungarian dairyman, came to the U.S. in 1957. After working in research and development at Fairchild Camera & Instrument, he joined Intel (1984 sales: $1.6 billion) in 1968 shortly after it had been founded by two Fairchild alumni. He was named president in 1979. Despite his business success, Grove was always attracted to publishing. He has written a book on management and a textbook on semiconductors. His articles have also appeared in FORTUNE, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Last summer at a party during the Democratic Convention, Grove revealed to Mercury...
...years, Murphy developed a knack for spotting golden opportunities. After three decades of acquisition and diversification, Capital Cities now consists of seven television stations (four of them ABC affiliates), 54 cable- TV systems, 12 radio stations, 27 weekly newspapers, 10 dailies and 45 other publications, including those of the Fairchild group (Women's Wear Daily, W and M) and Institutional Investor...
Capital Cities also holds licenses for 12 radio stations and owns more than 50 cable television systems. It also owns the Fairchild Publications business newspaper group and daily newspapers include the Times and the Star in Kansas City, Mo; the Star-Telegram in Fort Worth, Texas; and the Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich...
...revamped the biochemistry building, mostly from a $5 million gift from the Fairchild Foundation
...extensive space manufacturing is likely to occur until the 1990s, says John E. Naugle, a Fairchild official. For now, research will prevail. Still, the advocates of business in space believe that doubts should temper but not rule. Says 3M's Podsiadly: "The only thing more risky than participating is not participating." Says Hubert Davis, president of Houston's Eagle Engineering, a space think tank: "I believe people often overestimate what can be done in the short term, and underestimate what can be done in the long term...