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Although he lives only 20 miles from Manhattan, Roy Grumman rarely goes to town. He dislikes big cities. He was born in a small town, Huntington, L.I. (pop. 6,000), where his father had a carriage shop, some ten miles from the present Grumman plant. Roy has seldom got far away. Four years at Cornell (he worked his way through) and three years in the Navy as a World War I seaman and pilot - he was a lieutenant (j.g.) when discharged - failed to loosen his Long Island roots. He has a small-towner's taste in clothes, usually wears...
...Grumman home is a white-shingled, blue-shuttered, 17-room house in Plandome, L.I., overlooking Long Island Sound. There Roy Grumman lives with his wife, Rose Marion, and his four children: Marion, 22, whose Army captain husband is stationed in England; Florence, 20, called "Flicker"; Grace, 18; and David, 9, who is known as "Butch" by his own request...
...Because Grumman plants, 17 miles away at Bethpage, have sucked in all available labor, Roy Grumman sometimes cuts the grass on his three acres himself. At 8:30 a.m. on workdays he drives his Lincoln Continental to Bethpage, returns about 6:30 p.m. He spends his evenings reading, drops in on neighbors with his wife, or plays bridge - with men if possible. He thinks women "talk too much...
...which Leroy Randle Grumman, the man who makes Hellcats, Avengers, Wildcats and has more cats upcoming, wired back: "GRUMMAN MEN & WOMEN SAY BILL DEAN GRUMMAN COMPANY'S NO. I WORST CUSTOMER. SCORE 187 TO 0 NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS." Bill Dean's squadron has now run its box score up to 223 Jap planes, has lost...
Planemaker "Roy" Grumman (rhymes with summon) modestly insists that the high scores are due to superb Navy tactics and skill. The Navy thinks differently. Navy brass hats long ago ran out of glowing phrases (say they: "Roy Grumman is the hottest thing in aviation today") and E flags for Grumman. Last week, as a new token of their esteem, the Navy was reportedly seeking permission to give him a medal, the Meritorious Civilian Service award, something no U.S. manufacturer has yet received. The medal was as much for Grumman's amazing production record as for his superb planes...