Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vice president (1945) during the World War 11 years in which M.I.T.'s staff of scientists and engineers rose from 700 to more than 6,000. In 1948, when Compton resigned to become chairman of Washington's National Research and Development Board, Killian was named to succeed him. "We must continue," he said at his 1949 inauguration, "to muster the democratic ranks of American scientists into invincible battalions. We must again be able to beat the enemy to the draw as we did in developing the atomic bomb. Our schools of science and engineering, if they are strong...
...Adrain Robert Fisher, 62, president of Johns-Manville Corp., largest U.S. manufacturer of asbestos and fireproofing materials (1956 sales: a record $310,390,381), was named chairman and chief executive officer to succeed Leslie M. Cassidy, who retired. After graduating from Rutgers ('16) and working for two New Jersey manufacturers, he joined Johns-Manville in 1923 as superintendent of the asphalt-roofing department in its Waukegan, Ill. plant, soon moved to the managerial side as production executive, in 1951 became president (a post he will retain). Since the end of World War 11 the company has invested more than...
...quarterback Ron Johanson can succeed in opening up the Brown defenses with an effective air attack in the early stages of the game, Boulris and Halaby might later on be inserted in the lineup with considerable effect. But this depends, too, on what the doctors...
...varsity came close to scoring two additional times in the second half, but didn't seem to have the necessary push at that point to succeed. Early in the third quarter, the Crimson had the ball, first and eight to go, on the Princeton eight-yard line. But Marsh Levin lost four, and after Halaby got them back again, Johanson's pass to Hooper in the end zone was a little too late and was knocked out of Hooper's hands. Stahura's pass on the option fell short and Princeton took over...
...reply to the long-bouncing rumor that he would soon succeed John Foster Dulles* as Secretary of State, Dewey said: "Secretary Dulles will be here for the duration. We've got a fine Secretary of State. He's going to stay until 1960, so far as I know...