Article: Gilmour: Whiz Kids wanted facts, not fiction.(Ford 100)

Article: Henry Ford II leapt at chance to hire Whiz Kids; ...
Automotive News;  June 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Dave Guilford Ford Motor Co.'s fabled Whiz Kids glimpsed just how ... When he hired the Whiz Kids, Henry Ford II was ... what he got. The Whiz Kids crunched numbers ... In many ways, Ford Motor Co. became the exemplar ...

Article: The corporate-military whiz kids
International Herald Tribune;  January 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... modern star business executive: famously, the first non-Ford to be president of the Ford Motor Company, the most brilliant of the 10 so-called Whiz Kids whom Ford had recruited en masse from the U.S. Air Force brain trust of World War ...

Article: Roberts honored on Alumni Weekend; Whiz Kids ...
The Intelligencer;  August 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... only championship. "The Whiz Kids were greatest thing to ... that '50 team." The Whiz Kids, with an average age ... They were coined the Whiz Kids by a reporter, who borrowed ... War II vets who became Ford Motor Company executives ...

Article: The last of the Ford Whiz Kids.(Column)
Automotive News Europe;  June 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Richard Johnson By now the centenary of the Ford Motor Co. has been pretty thoroughly celebrated ... in 1961 was patterned after the Ford Whiz Kids, right down to the selection of Ford ... had learned at the feet of the original Whiz Kids. He turned Lutz, the ultimate car guy ...

Article: Lutz was the last of Ford Whiz Kids.(News)
Automotive News;  July 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Richard Johnson By now the centenary of Ford Motor Co. has been thoroughly celebrated. But here are some ... later chairman of Ford, had learned from the original Whiz Kids. He turned Lutz, the ultimate car guy, into a stickler ...

Article: Whiz Kid Miller says personal stamp of Henry II made Ford ...
Automotive News;  June 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... confidant of Henry Ford II, was one of two Whiz Kids to become president of Ford Motor Co. Miller's career contrasted sharply with ... He spoke with Dave Guilford. What makes Ford Motor Co. special? Henry Ford II's personal dominance ...

Article: THE WHIZ KIDS AND THE 1950 PENNANT, by Robin ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 15, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... St. Louis Cardinals), and the ``Whiz Kids'' (1950 Phillies). The first three ... Philadelphia-area fans adored the Whiz Kids. The 1950 Phillies were a young team ... writes, ``no one would remember the Whiz Kids.'' That wonderful season is fully ...