As a senior partner in the management consultant firm of Booz. Allen & Hamilton, John Lawrence Burns, 48. got a reputation for being able to get quickly to the heart of a corporate problem—and solve it. One of his chief clients was Radio Corp. of America, which Burns has advised for the last ten years. Last week RCA used Burns to solve a major problem: where to find a younger president with broad experience and knowledge of the corporation. The new president: Burns. He will succeed President Frank Folsom, 62, who will become chairman of the executive committee.
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