Word: ridgway
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Moments after Dwight Eisenhower pinned a third oakleaf cluster on his Distinguished Service Medal, strapping General Matthew B. Ridgway, 60, retiring Army Chief of Staff, was all but cheered by his chic wife "Penny" and crew-cut son Matthew Jr., 6, who proudly inspected his father's newest decoration...
General Matthew B. Ridgway, 60, retiring Army Chief of Staff, was elected chairman of the board of trustees of Pittsburgh's Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, replacing Dr. Edward Weidlein, 67, who continues as president. Ridgeway, having thus turned down a bid to head Henry Kaiser's Argentine operations (TIME, May 2), will coordinate and direct policy of the nonprofit research organization, founded in 1913 by Banker-Industrialists Andrew and Richard B. Mellon, to work with industry in seeking "through . . . research in science . . . results that are of advantage to society...
...Force Chief of Staff Nathan Farragut Twining, 57, was reappointed for two years, and General Maxwell D. Taylor, also 53, had been nominated earlier (TIME, May 23) to take over from Army Chief of Staff Matthew B. Ridgway, 60, when he retires June...
...forces in the Far East, soon shed his stars, leaped into some shorts, was a study in muscular alertness as he awaited the serve of his tennis opponent. Later this month, he will shift his strategy to Washington, where he will take over from retiring General Matthew B. Ridgway as Army Chief of Staff...
Four-star General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, 53, appointed chief of the U.S. (and United Nations) Far East Command only seven weeks ago, was named Army Chief of Staff by the President last week, succeeding General Matthew B. Ridgway, who retires June...