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...company's problem as well as the drinker's.† Five years ago, Du Pont put a man known only as "Dave" on the payroll. He was a former tennis pro who had quit drinking, thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous. In Detroit last week, Dr. G. H. Gehrmann, Du Pont medical director, told a meeting of industrial physicians how Alcoholics Anonymous-and men like Dave-could help companies cure their dipsomaniacs...
Dave started out at Du Pont's Wilmington, Del. headquarters as "special assistant to the medical department." Whenever Dr. Gehrmann encountered an alcoholic, he put Dave and A.A. to work. In 65% of the cases, they succeeded. Today a third of the members of A.A.'s Wilmington chapter are Du Pont employees...
...Chicago's Bankers Mile, Don Gehrmann, of Wisconsin, who had spent most of the week in the infirmary with a cold, broke ahead of a field of four...
...eighth lap, the Dutchman seized the lead. Then something really went wrong with the calculations of Wisconsin's Gehrmann; his time at the three-quarters mark, with Willy still out in front, was 3:08, four seconds more than he had planned. Said Gehrmann later: "I knew then that I couldn't beat 4:05.3. I figured I might as well take it easy, and beat him in the stretch...
...Gehrmann did. Entering the 34-yd. stretch, he went up on his toes like a sprinter, passed Slykhuis with 5 yards to go, broke the tape a foot in front. Time: 4:09.5. Said Gehrmann after he had caught his breath: "I'm sorry my time wasn't better. My pacing was a little off tonight...