Word: ingolf
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Died. H.I. (for Haakon Ingolf) Romnes, 66, former board chairman of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; of leukemia; in Sarasota, Fla. Dubbed "the Mild Viking" for his Norwegian parentage and his quiet style of leadership, Romnes began his career as a phone installer, and as A T & T board chairman steered the giant corporation from $13 billion in revenues in 1967 to $18.4 billion...
...from relatively small towns, earned engineering degrees, worked for the company first as common laborers and spent decades climbing the executive rungs. Last week a 56-year-old V.M.I, engineering graduate from Greensboro, N.C., named John Dulany DeButts was appointed A.T. & T.'s new chairman. He replaces Haakon Ingolf Romnes, who reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65 in March...