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...declined the opportunity to testify, but a surprisingly large number of multinational officials were eager to contribute their thoughts−and not just their hostile ones. Irving S. Shapiro, vice chairman of Du Pont, suggested that the panel should consider sponsoring a U.N.-wide agreement on international investment. Under such a plan, he said, investment funds might be governed in much the same way that the independently organized General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) lays out rules for the movement of goods between nations. Emilio G. Collado, executive vice president of Exxon Corp., favored the notion of a proposed...
These reviews were edited and compiled by Dwight L. Cramer, and written by the Crimson staff: Amanda P. Bennett, Andrew P. Corty, Lewis R. Clayton, Robin S. Freedberg, Geoffrey D. Garin, Jeremy L. Halbreich, Thomas H. Lee, H. Jeffrey Leonard, Steven M. Luxenberg, Richard J. Meislin, Peter I. Shapiro, Charles E. Shepard, and Emily Wheeler...
Kane, 54, earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from M.l.T. in 1943, joined Du Pont the same year, and rose through the company's textile branches. Shapiro, 57, is a courtly lawyer. He will become the first chief of Du Pont who is neither a chemist nor engineer, and has not spent his full career with the company...
...Mine is the typical American story," says Shapiro. Son of Lithuanian immigrants, he worked in his family's small cleaning plant in Minneapolis, used loans to go through the University of Minnesota Law School ('41). He joined the Office of Price Administration in World War II, worked side by side with another lawyer, Richard Nixon. Recalls Shapiro: "He was a pleasant guy who got along with people...
...Later Shapiro made a name for himself as a Justice Department lawyer, prosecuting Communist leaders. He joined Du Pont in 1951 because "Du Pont was an exciting place to be in business, despite its conservative aura at the time." Shapiro won his stripes by directing its epic battle with the Justice Department over divestiture of the company's General Motors stock-a struggle that finally ended in 1965 with Du Pont losing the antitrust action but disposing of the stock on favorable terms. Lately Shapiro has been the company's key negotiator in Securities and Exchange Commission hearings...