Word: sperlich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hire people who understood the same system he did: other Ford executives. Some were called out of retirement, others were wooed away and enlisted with lacocca for the challenge of engineering a turnaround. Today the four top officers are Ford alumni: lacocca; Vice Chairman Gerald Greenwald; Harold Sperlich, president of North American automotive operations; and Executive Vice President of Finance Robert S. Miller. Of the 28 highest-ranking Chrysler executives, only four remain from pre-Iacocca days. Says Survivor Stephan Sharf, 62, executive vice president of manufacturing: "As the newest vice president when lacocca arrived, I followed a tradition...