Word: knowlson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worked his way up to vice president and general manager. During World War II, he headed the European division of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, won U.S. and British decorations for pioneering new weapons and equipment. At Stewart-Warner, Archambault succeeds James S. Knowlson, 70, who continues as board chairman...
...quarter); appliance makers planned to cut production 25%; TV makers were cutting about 15%. The cuts had already brought manpower dislocations: thousands of skilled workers had been laid off civilian jobs-and had no war jobs to go to. Said Stewart-Warner's white-thatched Chairman & President James Knowlson: "Business doesn't worry about being converted to war production. It only worries about being liquidated in the process...