Word: menke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the ban is lifted, Caterpillar thinks its chances of ever catching up are slim. For severely troubled International Harvester, though, the news was a little bit better. At the meeting, IH Chairman Louis Menk dusted off a contract for a $750 million combine plant for which his company in 1979 had agreeed to provide the engineeering. Said an IH spokesman: "The Soviets indicated they were still eager to go ahead...
Succeeding McCardell as chairman will be Louis W. Menk, 64, a retired chairman and chief executive of Burlington Northern Inc., who has been a director of Harvester since 1974. Unlike the gruff McCardell, Menk is a low-key and cautious manager who will reassure bankers. He will be assisted by the head of a newly created corporate finance committee, William G. Karnes, 71, former chairman and chief executive officer of Beatrice Foods and an executive with long and close ties to many of Harvester's bank creditors...