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    Guy W. Vaughan

    Vaughan was instrumental in the creation of products such as the Wright Whirlwind J-6 plane, used by Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Cyclone engine series, which were used in DC-1 aircraft. Vaughan’s real achievements, however, came... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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    Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    banking and financial advisory services for corporations, the government, and private individuals, and consistently showed foresight in its ability to recognize the potential... View Details

      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

              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
                • 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
                • 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
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                Using the Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

                Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details
                • 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
                • May 2012
                • Supplement

                Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)

                By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
                Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Corporate Disclosure; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry
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                  Ransom E. Olds

                  Olds was one of the early pioneers of the automobile industry. He is credited with the design of the “curved dash” which was both functional (keeping passengers warm) and stylish. Olds’ first car, the “runabout,” was mass produced in 1901... View Details
                  Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                    Dwane L. Wallace

                    In 1936, Wallace took complete control of Clyde Cessna Aircraft and set out to make it the #1 light plane manufacturer. Wallace’s sharp engineering skills allowed him to create high quality, low cost planes that could be made on efficient... View Details
                    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                      Charles M. Pigott

                      Pigott was instrumental in leading the growth of his family’s business, Pacific Car & Foundry. Sales of heavy trucks under the Peterbilt and Kenworth names increased from $320 million to $4.3 billion. Part of that growth was generated... View Details
                      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                        Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca

                        loan was granted and a year later, Iacocca announced Chrysler’s first profit in many years. During his turnaround of Chrysler, he brought the convertible back into fashion and introduced the minivan. View Details
                        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
                        • 19 Apr 2017
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                        Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

                        position as “capital of the heartland” (making it a magnet for graduates of the Midwest’s top universities), its relatively low cost of living (number 10 in the nation), and its position as a central View Details
                        Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

                          Glenn L. Martin

                          Martin created the largest pre-World War II airplane manufacturing firm in America. He was the creative inventor of numerous airplanes mostly designed for military purposes (e.g. the famous B-10 bomber, B-26 and huge “Clipper” seaplanes).... View Details
                          Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                            W. Michael Blumenthal

                            When Blumenthal took over Bendix, it had become a gigantic conglomerate producing a bewildering variety of products. Blumenthal sold several of the company’s unprofitable divisions, and doubled company sales during his tenure to more than... View Details
                            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace