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...clearance had a painful effect on profits. Grumbled Motorola Vice President Robert Galvin: "In the last two years the industry has sold 14 million sets without anybody making a nickel." Agreed Admiral's Chairman Ross Siragusa: "We the manufacturers, you the distributors and our dealers have been the greatest philanthropists in the United States...
...second game Leverett met Adams quite handily, 4 to 0, behind the stalwart goal-tending of Roger Corke. Ed Galvin scored twice, John Coolidge once, and Eric Franck once while Dick MacKinnon and Dave Albertson each made two assists...
...engineering problems. At its first "creative workshop" session eight months ago, a white-collar office worker sparked the answer to the problem of how to design a new tire machine; he had attacked the problem without any preconceived technical notion that it was impossible. Motorola's President Robert Galvin has set up a special "idea clinic" along much the same lines. Motorola's ticket of admission to the clinic is a list of 10-25 ideas on a company problem. Then the lucky thinkers spend a free weekend at a luxurious hotel or country club chewing over their...
What was happening in autos was happening in other industries. Appliance makers worried about the day when the industry will be dominated by six or eight big companies. "Even in the relatively young TV industry," says Motorola President Robert Galvin, "there will be fewer companies, but they will be healthier." Trying to compete with giants, big and little alike merged and diversified, becoming giants themselves...
...Robert William Galvin, 34, was elected president of Motorola Inc., replacing his father, Paul V. Galvin, 61, who becomes board chairman and remains chief executive officer of the company he founded 28 years ago. Born in Marshfield, Wis., young Bob went to work in Motorola's stockroom in 1940, has been with the company ever since, except for a hitch in the wartime Signal Corps. In 1954 Motorola muscled its way into the company of the TV giants (Philco, Admiral and RCA), now claims to be the nation's No. 1 radio-manufacturer...