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Stanley Hiller, Jr.
Pages 146-151

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From page 147...
... After leading his own company for more than 20 years, Mr. Hiller began a second career in 1966 when he created the Hiller Investment Company, a management consulting firm that specialized in nonhostile takeovers and corporate revivals of faltering U.S.
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From page 148...
... Anticipating a postwar decline in the demand for aircraft parts, he conceived ways of using the casting machines to produce aluminum kitchen utensils and briefly manufactured toy water pistols known as the Hiller Atom Ray Gun.
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From page 149...
... He and his team also conceived of and demonstrated a wide range of other vertical-flight vehicles, including a tilt-wing vertical takeoff and landing transport aircraft and vertical-ducted-fan "flying platforms." After merging Hiller Aircraft into the Fairchild Hiller Corporation, Mr. Hiller left the aviation industry in 1968 to form an entirely new business called the Hiller Investment Company where his creative management skills and techniques helped failing companies turn around and improve their productivity, market share, and profits.
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From page 150...
... He was awarded the National Transportation Association Award in 1958, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement in 2002, and the Helicopter Foundation International Heritage Award in 2003. He also served on numerous advisory boards and corporate boards of directors.
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From page 151...
... Mr. Hiller is survived by his wife, Carolyn Balsdon Hiller; his sons, Jeffrey and Stephen Hiller, and their wives, Mary Hiller and Barbara Hiller; seven granddaughters, Christy Hiller Myronowicz (and husband Cameron)
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