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...approval of Du Font's board (only a third of its present 27 members have family connections), promoted two nonfamily executives to positions that put them in line to take over when the chairman reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65 next April. Senior Vice President Irving S. Shapiro, who moved up to the new position of vice chairman of the board, is now officially No. 2 in the Du Pont hierarchy, and heir to the chief executive's job. Edward R. Kane, another senior vice president, was appointed president, and will provide the other part...
...colleague describes Shapiro and Kane as "a finely matched pair of big guns." But they work with sharply contrasting styles. Upon announcement of their promotions, Shapiro uncorked a bottle of champagne; Kane looked for a tennis game...
...more vehemently than Black, went back for another look recently and concluded: "Obviously, a revolution has taken place." In fact, the papers now routinely criticize the chemical corporation's influence on Delaware, where 10% of the work force is employed by Du Pont. Senior Vice President Irving S. Shapiro believes that much of the staff "is so anxious to demonstrate independence that the reporters try to find ways to paint the story against...
...member of the group of 144 Harvard and Radcliffe freshmen assigned against their will to Radcliffe Houses, I wish to express my approval of Peter Shapiro's analysis of the situation that appeared in Friday's Crimson, and I feel certain that the other members of the group share these sentiments...
...suspect we won't find much," Shapiro said, adding, "To the individual there's no hazard at these levels...