EXECUTIVES: New Engine Man

EXECUTIVES New Engine Man Just a month ago, Harry J. Gray, a senior executive vice president of Litton Industries, got a call from an executive recruiter. Would Gray be interested in becoming president of United Aircraft Corp., the world's biggest maker of jet engines? Indeed he would, but he laid down one condition. United Aircraft Chairman William P. Gwinn would have to get the approval of Tex Thornton, Litton's chairman, for Gray even to negotiate. "After 17 years as a Litton employee," said Gray, "I didn't want to...

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