America 1970-1979: Business and the Economy Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1970-1979.

America 1970-1979: Business and the Economy Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1970-1979.
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Winthrop W. Aldrich, 88, banker, president, and board chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank; ambassador to Great Britain (1953-1957), 25 February 1974.

Stanley C. Allyn, 79, president and board chairman of National Cash Register Company, which he expanded overseas and diversified into manufacturing office machines, 31 October 1970.

John A. Barr, 70, retailer who worked his way up the ladder in Montgomery Ward for over twenty-five years, expanding the company and becoming board chairman and president (1961-1964), 16 January 1979.

Elmer H. Bobst, 93, executive in vitamins and pharmaceuticals with Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuticals, 2 August 1978.

Harold Boeschenstein, 76, executive who promoted new products using glass fibers as president and board chairman of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company, 23 October 1972.

Ernest R. Breech, 80, president of Bendix Aviation Corporation and, after World War II, a key Ford senior executive, 3 July 1978.

Edward G. Budd, 69, president and board chairman of Philadelphia's Budd Company, one of the few remaining American locomotive and railroad-car builders, 20 May 1971.

Herbert P. Buetow, 73, president of...

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