Word: lamberts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most it would have seemed a stroke of calamity; to Belgian Baron Léon Lambert it was an act of providence. One wintry day in 1956, as the youthful baron's plane touched down at Brussels' airport, his brother rushed to tell him that the marble-columned 18th century mansion that had housed the venerable Banque Lambert for three generations had burned to the ground. But the old building had long since become too cramped to contain the mushrooming Lambert operation, which in the past ten years has quintupled deposits to $203 million and added 26 branches...
...dream was nine years abuilding. The site, across from King Baudouin's royal palace, was select but far too small. To make room, 17 lots had to be bought, including one occupied by a new office building. Lambert agreed with city planners that the new palazzo should meld with the old-world architecture of the Palais Royale-yet he wanted a contemporary design. Finally, recalling his delight at seeing Manhattan's Lever House in 1952, the Yale-educated baron chose the U.S. firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, whose partner in charge of design, Gordon Bunshaft, revolutionized...
...mother's idea," says Lambert, "was that this building should not only be an architectural landmark, but a cultural center as well." Though the Baroness Lambert died before it was completed, many of the art works are her choices. After S.O.M. designed interiors to enhance the paintings and sculptures, Bunshaft scurried about Europe in search of new acquisitions. From modest lithographs in the stenographers' offices to a massive Henry Moore sculpture in front of the bank, the collection now amounts to that of a middle-sized museum...
Makeup for Men? Today Warner-Lambert makes more than 500 products, has recently opened factories in Morocco and Nigeria, has 44 other facilities abuilding or in the design state from Argentina to New Zealand. Under Driscoll, sales have nearly tripled; last year, on a volume of $335 million, earnings after taxes grew 14% to a record $34 million. Says the growth-minded Governor, who retains a politician's knack for sharpening a cliche: "I regard eggs in many baskets as one of our prime strengths...
Still in the incubator of Warner-Lambert's now vast laboratory program are pills to color hair and tablets to increase mental concentration. The company is also developing a line of men's cosmetics, including colognes and skin moisturizers. This may seem a bit far out, but after all, any company that can put chewing gum in orbit may just be the one to put moisturizing lotions on stubbly chins...