M. G. O’Neil announced Thursday that he...
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M. G. O’Neil announced Thursday that he will step down as chief executive of GenCorp Inc., the diversified tire manufacturer that was founded by his father, William, in 1913.
A. William Reynolds, GenCorp president and O’Neil’s designated successor, will be the first person outside the O’Neil family to head the Akron, Ohio-based company.
O’Neil, 63, who has headed GenCorp since 1960, will remain chairman after his Aug. 1 retirement but said he plans to devote more time to personal matters. He said in a statement that he will continue to take part in GenCorp’s planned divestiture of its 45% holding in Frontier Airlines.
GenCorp, with annual revenue of $2.7 billion in 1984, operates the nation’s fifth-largest tire maker, General Tire; a media network, RKO General; an aerospace firm, Aerojet General, and other diversified interests.
Reynolds, 51, a former TRW executive, became president and chief operating officer of GenCorp last September.
CALIFORNIA
Gary Liebl, president of McDonnell Douglas Computer Systems Co. in Irvine, has been promoted to chief operating officer of the McDonnell Douglas informations systems group, a unit of the St. Louis aerospace company.
Liebl, 43, who will maintain offices in Newport Beach, will report to Robert A. Fischer, who was named chief executive of the group. Fischer, previously president of McDonnell Douglas Automation Co., operates out of McDonnell Douglas Corp.’s headquarters in St. Louis.
Replacing Liebl at the Computer Systems Co. (formerly Microdata Corp.) is Vernon Z. Smith, who was promoted from his position as executive vice president.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Keith W. Renken, partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office of the accounting firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells, was elected to the firm’s national policy committee, its governing body. Meanwhile, five new partners were named in the Los Angeles office: James deBree, Mark Granich, Timothy Macy, Ralph Randall and Daniel Roberts.
Joseph B. Medina was named general manager of the industrial council of the City of Commerce.
Charles C. Deane has been named partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office of KMG Main Hurdman, a major accounting firm.
NATION
Gus Robinson has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Seattle-based Alaska Airlines.
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