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...Motorama without Harlow H. Curtice would be as unthinkable as an automobile without a driver. --Christian Science Monitor, April...
...principle of the free-piston engine has been known for more than 30 years, and has been applied in Europe for locomotives, ships and stationary power plants. But, says G.M.'s President Harlow Curtice, G.M. "is the first to put it to work in an automobile." The heart of the G.M. engine is two cylinders, each containing two opposed pistons. When fuel is exploded between the pistons they are driven apart and slammed together again. This has the effect of a bellows, forcing air out of the cylinder to turn a turbine wheel, which is geared to turn...
...economics (Michigan, '17), Bradley joined G.M. in 1919, was operations chief during World War II, became chairman of the finance policy committee in 1946. By 1954 he was earning $611,500 in salary and bonuses, making him second in G.M. (and in all U.S. industry) only to President Harlow H. Curtice, who netted $686,100. Bradley moves up to board chairman as he reaches 65 (May 29), normal retirement age for G.M. operating officials...
...animated slide rule," set their watches by his arrival at work (8:34 a.m.), respect his ability to shuffle three sets of figures at once without losing track. After all the changes, the top operating spot at G.M. was still firmly held by the same man: President Harlow H. Curtice...
...Barnes's proposals G.M. President Harlow H. Curtice last week snapped: "Ridiculous." Curtice does not believe that G.M. is too big. Nor does he believe that G.M. should limit itself to a set percentage of the market. "How," he asks, "can you put an artificial limit on size and still preserve the free enterprise system...