
	Where results make sense

Topic: Iacocca

Related Topics

Lee Iacocca

Chrysler

Ford Falcon

Ford Mustang

Zogu

Thornton, Iowa

History of copyright

War on terrorism

Royal Opera House

Statistical mechanics

Autobiography

The Ipcress File

Attorney General of England

	Daily Celebrations ~ Lee Iacocca, Motivation Is Everything ~ October 15 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		Called "the John Wayne of the automobile business" by Time magazine, executive Lido Anthony Iacocca (1924-) was born on this day in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Italian immigrants.
		Iacocca met with union leaders and boldly told them he had thousands of jobs for $17 an hour, but none at $20.
		For the 21st Century, Iacocca, the environmentalist, is now driving the electric-vehicle revolution.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /101500.htm (266 words)

	Lido Anthony Iacocca Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Lido (Lee) Anthony Iacocca was born October 15, 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Italian immigrants Nicola and Antionette.
		Iacocca was discharged from Ford Motor Company in June 1978 by Chairman Henry Ford II for reasons Ford never disclosed, but obviously relating to the chairman's distaste for having Iacocca succeed him.
		Iacocca formed a surprising alliance in 1998 with former General Motors Chairman Robert Stempel; the latter became involved in EV Global with a commitment to produce the lead free batteries that would power the bike that both men envisioned.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/lido-anthony-iacocca (1317 words)

	Lee Iacocca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iacocca was born to Nicola and Antoinette Iacocca, Italian immigrants who had settled in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region.
		Iacocca was also responsible for Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, which brought the profitable Jeep division under Chrysler's corporate umbrella.
		Iacocca Hall on the Mountaintop Campus of Lehigh University houses the College of Education, the biology and chemical engineering departments, and The Iacocca Institute, which is focused on global competitiveness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lee_Iacocca (1347 words)

	The day Bernie Whitebear hijacked Lee Iacocca's podium : ICT [2000/08/02]
		At the start of the dinner, Iacocca shows up with a personal padded podium with an embossed Chrysler label on the front with built-in lights and amplifiers, and a couple of bodyguards in dark suits with bulges under their armpits.
		Iacocca gives this patriotic speech about being the grandson of Italian immigrants and about how we are a nation of immigrants and about the importance of the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of freedom.
		Lee Iacocca walks off the other side of the stage and Bernie walks right up to his podium and stands up there and these guys look like they were ready to shoot him.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=2506 (0 words)

	Lee Iacocca Summary
		Iacocca was born to Nicola and Antoinette Iacocca, Italian immigrants who had settled in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region.
		Iacocca was involved with the design of several successful Ford automobiles, most notably the Ford Mustang; he was also the "moving force," as one court put it, behind the notorious Ford Pinto (see [1]).
		Iacocca was also responsible for Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, which brought the profitable Jeep division under Chrysler's corporate umbrella.
	www.bookrags.com /Lee_Iacocca (3513 words)

	Lee Iacocca Biography
		Iacocca is the former chairman of Chrysler Corporation and he also became a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the 1980s.
		Iacocca was not without a job long as the Chrysler Corporation was in desperate need and going out of business.
		Iacocca was also responsible for the acquisition of AMC in 1987, which brought over the money making Jeep division.
	www.bizography.org /biographies/lee-iacocca.html (286 words)

	Author Spotlight: Lee Iacocca Author of Liberty For All
		Iacocca pulled in expertise from the private sector to manage all aspects of the restoration as well as lead the fundraising campaign that would be critical to its success.
		These recent events, says Iacocca, from 911 to Operation Iraqi Freedom, provide us good reason to reflect on the true meaning behind the Statue; she was originally a gift from the people of France—our friend and ally—to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States.
		Iacocca's straightforward and patriotic narrative complements Kaplan's stunning photography to document the entire process of her historical restoration and is an awe-inspiring testament to the fundamental concept of freedom and the spirit that is America.
	www.bookmasters.com /authorspotlight/asIacocca.htm (1130 words)

	The Chronicle, 1/26/2006: Driven to Find a Cure
		Iacocca has become more aggressive in his campaign, saying a radical new approach to fighting the disease has made him optimistic that a cure can be found in his lifetime.
		Iacocca died of a heart attack, but her husband fulfilled her request that doctors list her cause of death as "complications from diabetes," to raise awareness about the disease.
		Iacocca's older daughter and the president of the foundation, her father formed his own nonprofit group to support medical research that usually was overlooked by the government and other philanthropies.
	philanthropy.com /free/articles/v18/i07/07000701.htm (1858 words)

	Iacocca Review - Lee Iacocca
		Iacocca is outspoken about his dislike for Henry Ford, sprinkling his narrative with many instances that show Ford, the son of the founder of Ford Motor Company, in an extremely bad light.
		Iacocca makes it clear that, as bad as the ordeal at Ford was, he eventually was able to get even with Henry Ford in the American way--in the marketplace.
		Iacocca describes just how he took Chrysler from near bankruptcy to solvency, securing a $1.2 billion loan from the United States Government, launching a “Save Chrysler-Buy American” campaign during which he became a celebrity, appearing in television commercials for Chrysler, and enabling Chrysler to repay the government loan even before it was due.
	www.enotes.com /salem-lit/iacocca (318 words)

	Biography of Lee Iacocca
		Lee Iacocca was born on October 15, 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
		Iacocca was promoted to district manager of Washington, D.C. On September 29, 1956 Iacocca married Mary McCleary and for many years things went well.
		Lee Iacocca quickly rose up the ranks at Ford and, in 1976, Iacocca was earning $970,000 per annum as number two in the number two company (more than the chairman of Genral Motors).
	www.biogs.com /famous/iacocca.html (476 words)

	The Iacocca Foundation
		Each year the Iacocca family supports cutting edge research through the Iacocca Family Foundation and now because of expanded fundraising...
		Lee Iacocca has written a new book, "Where Have All The Leaders Gone?" A portion of the proceeds from each book sold via our website will benefit The Iacocca Foundation.
		The Iacocca Foundation was founded in 1984 by Lee Iacocca in memory of his late wife, Mary K. Iacocca, who died of complications from diabetes in 1983.
	www.iacoccafoundation.org (0 words)

	CNN.com - Switching sides, Iacocca endorses Kerry - Jun 24, 2004
		Iacocca, a self-described independent, stumped for Bush in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2000.
		Iacocca openly criticized former President Reagan in the mid-1980s for growing budget deficits, saying government spending was "getting out of hand" -- a criticism Kerry frequently levels at Bush.
		In his appearance with Iacocca, Kerry unveiled a plan to bolster the high-tech industry, including increasing government funding for university research and math and science education.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/iacocca.kerry (439 words)

	Lee Iacocca in the Detroit News Auto Insider
		Monday: Iacocca gives his views on the current state of the U.S. auto industry, including Ford Motor Co. 's struggles and General Motor Corp.'s resurgence, and discusses why he walked away from a promising political future in Washington.
		Iacocca makes no secret of his desire to return to the car wars as an adviser or spokesman for Chrysler, which was bought in 1998 by German automaker Daimler-Benz AG.
		Iacocca suffered a setback two years ago when he linked up with another company, Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) of North Dakota, to build demonstration versions of the Lido.
	www.electrifyingtimes.com /iacocca_e-bike.html (1298 words)

	Lee Iacocca St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Lee Iacocca grew up as a blunt-spoken, patriotic son of immigrants, and rose to become president of the Ford Motor Company and later, chief executive officer of the Chrysler Corporation.
		Iacocca, ever the patriot, boasted that, though they were small and light, they were still "big enough to hold six Americans." His next move was to introduce the nation's first minivan.
		Iacocca was treated as a national hero and was considered a possible presidential candidate.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200581 (1015 words)

	IACOCCA AND SECRETARY OF INTERIOR CLASH OVER STATUE PANEL OUSTER - New York Times
		Iacocca's leadership of the foundation seemed to give him undue influence over the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission, which is supposed to give impartial advice to the Secretary.
		Iacocca said, he felt he was entitled to have a voice in how it was spent.
		Iacocca's removal from the commission, Terry Michael, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said: ''After the tremendous national service that he has performed in raising money for restoration of the statue, it is difficult to understand why the White House would take this action.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE1D61239F937A25751C0A960948260&sec=travel&pagewanted=all (1109 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Iacocca, by Lee Iacocca with William Novak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		...Iacocca claims that Chrysler no longer deserves its reputation for building poor cars, but in its April 1984 issue Consumer Reports, rating cars by incidence of repair, found four 1982 and 1983 Chrysler models "average" while nine were deemed "worse than average" and five were rated "much worse than average...
		...According to Iacocca, such a strategy would not have worked.-Cars are different from other products, and as soon as it became known that the company had filed for bankruptcy, customers would have canceled their orders en masse, fearing that warranties would not be honored and parts and service would not be available...
		...Iacocca's account of his ongoing feud with Henry Ford II has received more attention than any other part of this book, and certainly it is a gripping and dramatic tale...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V79I5P76-1.htm (2716 words)

	Court TV Legal Documents: Chrysler v. Iacocca
		Iacocca has also breached the consulting agreement dated June 11, 1992 (the "Consulting Agreement"), in which Iacocca agreed to provide consultation services to Chrysler at the request of Chrysler's Board of Directors (the "Board") or the Chairman and CEO of Chrysler, in return for substantial compensation from Chrysler.
		Iacocca nevertheless has continued to insist that the options are exercisable, and has arranged to have Tracinda provide substantial financial support to his efforts to restore his options through litigation.
		Iacocca and his "group" may undertake further attempts to obtain control of Chrysler, as well as proxy fights, and Chrysler has been, and will continue to be, deprived of the exclusive use of its material, nonpublic information.
	www.courttv.com /archive/legaldocs/business/chrysler.html (6947 words)

	Remember Lee Iacocca? He Plans to Pitch Chryslers Again - New York Times
		Iacocca's classic line from his commercials of another era - "if you can find a better car, buy it" - although it will be read by the other star of the commercial, the actor Jason Alexander.
		Iacocca, whose starring role in 61 television commercials helped lead Chrysler back from a government bailout and the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1980's.
		Iacocca resurfaced in 1995 as part of the billionaire financier Kirk Kerkorian's hostile, and unsuccessful, bid to takeover Chrysler.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/07/06/business/media/06cnd-adcol.html?ex=1278302400&en=22a6a070f6bc4890&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (497 words)

	Senior One Source: Lee Iacocca
		Iacocca gazed upon our audience, made up of primarily mid-50 years and older in age, and remarked, "If any of you are contemplating retirement, I have a word of advice, Don't!" He echoed the sentiments of geriatric specialists when he said, "Never underestimate the importance of a project or in setting a goal.
		Iacocca followed the growth patterns and spending habits of this same huge population.
		Today at age 75, Lee Iacocca is still addressing the satisfaction needs of this same huge population of "baby boomers" to launch his new electric bike.
	www.senioronesource.com /LeeIacocca.htm (839 words)

	Biography - Lee Iacocca
		Lee Iacocca was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Nicola and Antoinette Iacocca, Italian immigrants.
		Because of these two cars, and the reforms Iacocca had made, the company turned around quickly, and they were able to pay back the government several years earlier than expected.
		Iacocca was also responsible for Chrysler acquiring AMC in the late 1980s which brought the profitable Jeep division under Chrysler.
	www.talanith.com /biography/iacocca.html (553 words)

	Iacocca Ii, The Sequel \| TIME
		Iacocca's story, of how he grew up to be the scrappy, quintessential "car guy" who, after a 32-year career at Ford, rescued Chrysler, brought him more than 71,000 letters, including suggestions that he run for President and pleas for advice on family, finance and foreign affairs.
		Lambasting Washington, Wall Street and special-interest groups everywhere, Iacocca, 63, complains that too many Americans are unwilling to make the compromises necessary to attack such problems as federal deficits, trade imbalances, ineffective high schools and shoddy workmanship.
		Iacocca's most startling disclosure is that last year he explored the possibility of a $40 billion takeover of beleaguered General Motors, which is four times Chrysler's size.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,967671,00.html (659 words)

	IACOCCA ON DETROIT
		CEO Steve Miller, who worked for Iacocca at Chrysler during the early 1980s and was a chief architect of its federal loan guarantee bailout, recently agreed to take $1 a year at Delphi but didn't give up his bonuses, or special pay guarantees for his management team, Iacocca observes.
		Iacocca says when Chrysler was teetering on bankruptcy (“We were really bankrupt, but we just didn't tell anybody,” he laughs) in the early 1980s and sought $1.5 billion in federal government guarantees, UAW President Douglas Fraser told him he had “to take a haircut,” or pay cut, to set an example.
		Iacocca later made millions, but his rallying cry of “equality of sacrifice” paid off when Chrysler's K-car compacts were introduced in 1981, and the pioneering minivans that followed in 1984 became hits.
	wardsautoworld.com /ar/auto_iacocca_detroit_2 (2448 words)

	Chrysler Group and the Iacocca Foundation Partner to Fund Diabetes Research
		Iacocca donated his fees for the commercial to the Iacocca Foundation's JoinLeeNow initiative, which has raised nearly six million dollars to date for a planned clinical trial at Massachusetts General Hospital.
		Lee Iacocca was the Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler from 1978 to 1992.
		Iacocca is a graduate of Lehigh University and Princeton University.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2005/08/05/139496.html (837 words)

	Chrysler Group and the Iacocca Foundation Partner to Fund Diabetes Research
		Iacocca is appearing in four advertisements for the Chrysler Group.
		Iacocca donated his fees for the commercial to the Iacocca Foundation's JoinLeeNow initiative, which has raised nearly six million dollars to date for a planned clinical trial at Massachusetts General Hospital.
		Iacocca is a graduate of Lehigh University and Princeton University.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2005/0004083300&EDATE= (792 words)

	Lee Iacocca - MSN Encarta
		Lee Iacocca, born in 1924, American corporate executive, born Lido Anthony Iacocca in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
		With an intuitive flair for the wants of the buying public, Iacocca developed the sporty Mustang in 1964, which broke sales records, and later the popular Mercury Cougar and luxurious Lincoln Mark III.
		Summarily dismissed from that position in 1978 because of deteriorating relations with Henry Ford II, Iacocca was immediately hired as president and chief executive officer of Chrysler Corporation, a company plagued with management and sales problems.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567187/Iacocca_Lee.html (279 words)

	Adrants » New Iacocca Chrysler Commercial Not A Hit
		Even so, wondering whether bringing Iacocca back was effective, one member did an informal survey of people under 40 and found none knew who that old, gray-haired guy sitting behind the desk was.
		Iacocca's wife died from Type 1 diabetes complications 20 years ago, and he promised her before she died that he would do what he could to help find the cure in his lifetime.
		Iacocca provided her and her team with a safety net to do research on end-stage diabetic mice (a population of mice that no one in the past had been willing to test on, because if the tests didn't produce positive data, their research careers could end - no funding, no job!).
	www.adrants.com /2005/07/new-iacocca-chrysler-commercial-not-a.php (0 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Iacocca Institute, founded by Lehigh alumnus Lee Iacocca in partnership with the University, is dedicated to increasing the global competitiveness of businesses and organizations.
		Organized as a vision-focused, action-oriented group, the Iacocca Institute was directed to help companies help themselves and to ensure the availability of a competitive workforce today and in the future.
		The goal of the Iacocca Institute is to provide a foundation from which great industrial leaders can emerge.
	www.lehigh.edu /~village/Iacocca (0 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)