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Semon ("Bunkie") Knudsen once articulated his work ethic in those words, and Detroit veterans recalled them when he surprisingly was passed over for the presidency of General Motors in 1968. Sure enough, Knudsen has since found plenty of jobs. He shifted from executive vice president of GM to president of Ford Motor Co., but lost that position after a power struggle with Lee Iacocca, the current president. Then Knudsen founded Rectrans Inc. to produce mobile homes, only to sell out in 1971 to Cleveland's White Motor Corp. Part of the deal was that he would become chairman...
...Though Knudsen is a somewhat racy personality by the standards of Cleveland's business establishment (he is noted for wearing aviator glasses and ankle boots), he was eagerly greeted as a potential savior. Indeed, by last week, as truck manufacturers were finishing their best year ever, Knudsen had done much to turn White around. It moved from a loss of $5.6 million in the third quarter of 1971 to a profit of $1.1 million on sales of $226 million in the equivalent period of 1972. To break into the black, Knudsen has had to remake the company...
Died. Harry W. Morrison, 86, co-founder and former chairman of one of the world's largest construction companies, Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., of a stroke; in Boise, Idaho. Though he was only 27, hard-hustling Morrison talked himself into a partnership with 50-year-old Contractor Morris Knudsen in 1912. Their starting capital of $600 in cash was pyramided into a global $500 million-a-year building concern. Among Morrison's construction triumphs: Hoover Dam and portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway...
...Tactics will probably come up," said Mark Knudsen '71, co-ordinator of the Teach-In Committee. "Whether any speaker directs himself specifically to them...
Unscheduled speakers who are recognized by the chair will be allowed to speak for three to five minutes following the speakers, according to Knudsen. Three political groups-the Progressive Labor Party, SDS, and the Young Americans for Freedom-have been refused requests for speakers. SDS members made plans yesterday afternoon to leaflet in protest of the refusal, and to interrupt the program with chanting...