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Andrew J. Ehrlich '96-'97, Pan's successor as PBHA president, also criticizes Lewis' approach to decision-making...
Glimp stepped down as dean in the wake of the April 1969 student takeover of University Hall, leaving his successor, Ernest R. May, to face the aftermath of one of the most explosive semesters in Harvard's history...
...combat big, aggressive competitors; weathering the relentless scrutiny of the press--has become difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to do well for very long. Biondi seems to have been the victim of another common business syndrome: an entrepreneur-owner's reluctance to hand over control to a successor. Redstone, who built his fortune from a chain of movie theaters, hired Biondi shortly after acquiring Viacom in a leveraged buyout in 1987. A Harvard M.B.A. and former chief executive at HBO, Biondi had a style that seemed to mesh well with that of the boss: Redstone, the volatile, confrontational owner...
...President was so sick during his last months in office that "he was no longer capable of carrying out his duties," a claim that Mitterrand's family and the politicians who worked with--and against--him deny. In any event, he turned over the keys of office to his successor, Jacques Chirac, last May. Finally, three Saturdays ago, according to the French newspaper Le Monde, he asked a doctor what would happen if he stopped taking all his medications except for pain-killers. The doctor replied that he would be dead in three days. Within three days, Mitterrand died...
Shula says his successor will be the choice of Huizenga alone, though Shula does recommend that he get the best available coach--even if it's Johnson, who once demoted Shula's son David when he was the Cowboys' offensive coordinator. Still, a new coach will be no guarantee of success. As outspoken linebacker Bryan Cox said on his radio show, "South Florida doesn't know what they're going to miss yet. Next year at this time, they'll be saying, 'We want Shula back...