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...Dekker, decided that it was Van der Klugt. The 40-year veteran was forced out. Philips, Dekker admitted at a hastily called news conference, was suffering a "crisis of confidence, the worst thing that can happen to a corporation." He then named as Van der Klugt's successor Jan Timmer, 57, chief of the firm's consumer-electronics division...
...Timmer is known as a tough manager who demands tangible results. After 31 years with Philips, he became president of Polygram International, the company's recorded-music subsidiary, in 1983 and quickly transformed it from a money loser into one of the firm's standout successes. Timmer's reputation as a tough turnaround specialist was confirmed four years later when he moved the consumer-electronics division into the black through a combination of staff cuts and a stronger emphasis on marketing...
...Timmer takes charge, analysts expect to see more layoffs and other aggressive forms of cost cutting. But that rare commodity, confidence, may be returning: as soon as Timmer's appointment was announced, Philips stock nudged up 1 point...
Another Quincy House resident, Ashley S. Timmer '90, said she has not started to worry about jobs and graduate schools yet, but she would like one-to-one contact with a tutor when the time comes...
...from the Spanish Civil War battleship "Harvard" that currently sits next to the phone booths downstairs fell prey to a prank. Black Professor of Economics C. Peter Timmer '63, then a sophomore, and several friends decided to give the gun a new home in the main dining hall, Timmer said. "We were quite proud of ourselves," Timmer said. "The thing must have weighed over half a ton." Timmer discourages other freshmen from attempting the same stunt, suggesting that, "there must be better pranks...