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Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.
Having worked in many of the company's subsidiaries since graduating from college, Rockwell Jr. assumed leadership from his father in 1967 and expanded the company across the globe through a series of mergers View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Simon Ramo
A brilliant scientist, Ramo held 25 patents by the age of 30. He was responsible for much of the development of the Air Force’s ballistic missile, airborne radar, computer, navigation and armament control systems. He started his own... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
John K. Northrop
After frustrating attempts at aircraft engineering with many other firms, John Northrop founded Northrop Aircraft and helped it grow into a very lucrative defense contractor, providing everything from bombers, fighter jets, View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Larry L. Prince
Prince continued Genuine Parts’ record 50-year history of consecutive sales and earnings increases. Through an expanding product line and strategic acquisitions, the company revenues have increased from $3... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Ben Seipel
progressed from West Point to aviation training. And he had served two 12-month tours of duties in Afghanistan, where he lead helicopter companies of the 101st Airborne. Most importantly, Ben had just... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Flex Time
say that owning a company and working together has been a lifelong dream (they met while working at a GE Aerospace plant in Syracuse, New York). “Linda’s better at clearly defining goals View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
Willard F. Rockwell
Trained as an engineer, Rockwell had several positions in the auto-parts manufacturing industry prior to becoming president of the entity now known as Rockwell International. Though the company was successful as an auto-parts maker, Rockwell expanded it into many other... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Harvey H. Lamm
Lamm created the only publicly traded car importer in the United States through the founding of Subaru of America. He introduced the United States to “four wheel drive” and “all wheel drive” with the import of the Subaru wagon in 1975, a... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- December 1998
- Supplement
Air Products' Internet Strategy, Video
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Air Products' Internet Strategy, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-515, December 1998.
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
Courtesy Rick Sontag Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag (MBA 1968) was the president of Unison Industries, an aviation component manufacturer he had grown from one Midwest factory into a 1,500-employee international business. He... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
DiRomualdo spent four years in the Navy as an aviation reconnaissance officer during the Vietnam War before earning his MBA. He then worked for several firms, most notably Hickory Farms, the faltering specialty foods company that he... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
Vaughn L. Beals, Jr.
Beals and fellow AMF executives orchestrated a leveraged buyout of Harley-Davidson in 1981 when it was on the brink of collapse. Through the adoption of quality management approaches and prudent investments,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
William Durant
Beginning his career as a carriage and wagon manufacturer, Durant made the switch to automobile manufacturing in 1904 by reorganizing a failing Buick Motors. He believed that the key to success in the automobile industry was creating an... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Olive Ann M. Beech
In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
incenting and leading successful tough tech teams Course Content & Organization The main class tool will be case discussions based on a variety of tough tech ventures, including those pursuing frontier clean energy, material science,... View Details
Walter P. Chrysler
In 1924, Chrysler created a car, which bore his name, and offered new innovations to the automobile, including the four-wheel hydraulic brakes and a high compression engine. In 1928, Chrysler purchased the... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Brandon Gayle
multiple industries and acquire a tangible set of skills." Developing a deeper playbook Three years at Bain exposed Brandon to "several analytical projects in aerospace View Details
Charles S. Mott
Under Mott’s management, the family owned company grew into a key supplier of automobile parts for General Motors. Realizing the great future of the automobile industry, Mott changed the firm’s activity from bicycle wheel production and... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Robert J. Eaton
Following Lee Iacocca as head of Chrysler, Eaton led the company to a banner year in 1994 with earnings of $3.7 billion and sales of $52.2 billion, both far above previous records. In 1996, Eaton’s Chrysler led auto makers in profits... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
John L. Collyer
off from its crude rubber sources. Summoned by the nation, Collyer developed and executed a program to provide the armed forces and the country with critical man-made rubber products. View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace