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BOSTON--Gillette Co. announced yesterday that board chair Colman M. Mockler '52 and two other senior executives would retire, paving the way for a change in leadership at the shaving products company.
Derwyn F. Phillips, 60, vice chair of the Gillette board, and John W. Symons, 60, executive vice president overseeing the company's North Atlantic division, will retire from their positions by the end of 1990.
No replacements to Mockler or Phillips were named. Robert J. Murray, 49, who has been chair of the board of management at Braun AG, a Gillette subsidiary, will replace Symons on January 1.
Mockler, who has been chair since 1976, said he felt now was an appropriate time to announce his retirement, since he is pleased with Gillette's products and organization.
Some analysts said they were not surprised by the announcement, noting the ages of the retirees. But Diana Temple, an analyst at Salomon Brothers, was surprised by the departure of Symons, saying he was a main force behind Gillette's new Sensor razor, introduced earlier this year.