Word: ridgway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prospect is Admiral Arthur William Radford, naval aviator and commander of the Pacific Fleet . . . To succeed General Joseph Lawton Collins, the President would like to name his old friend, General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther . . . But Ike is said to think that NATO needs Gruenther more than it needs General Matthew Ridgway . . . Leading candidate: Ridgway. Probable choice [for Air Force Chief of Staff] : General Nathan Farragut Twining . . . Admiral William Morrow Fechteler . . . will probably be replaced as Chief of Naval Operations. Front runner for the job: Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney...
...other men slated for degrees are still unknown, but usually reliable sources have mentioned five men as likely choices. They are: Grayson L. Kirk, political scientist and new president of Columbia University; General Matthew B. Ridgway, recently nominated Army Chief of Staff and retiring Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe; Willard L. Sperry, who is retiring after 31 years as Dean of the Divinity School; Winthrop Aldrich '07, banker and new Ambassador to the Court of St. James; and Paul H. Buck, retiring Provost of the University...
Defense department sources yesterday said Ridgway is now in England for the coronation and will not return for at least a week, but another source hinted Ridgway might be back in time to receive a degree...
Army. To succeed General Joseph Lawton Collins, 57, the President would like to name his old friend, General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, 52, NATO's scholarly chief of staff. But Ike is said to think that NATO needs Gruenther more than it needs General Matthew Ridgway, NATO commander. Ridgway, more of a fighter than a diplomat, could be counted upon to keep the U.S. Army in fighting shape. Leading candidate: Ridgway...
...five-day tour of North African air bases, NATO Commander General Matthew B. Ridgway took time out to join a hunting party in the Atlas mountains organized by the Pasha of Marrakech. The trip's bag: 17 mountain goats...