- Gerald C. Meyers
Gerald C. Meyers is an
industrialist ,author , speaker, former Chairman ofAmerican Motors Corporation (AMC), active business consultant, and an expert in the field of corporate governance and crisis management in business. He was the Ford Distinguished Professor of Business atCarnegie Mellon University ,Graduate School of Industrial Administration , and is currently a Visiting Professor of Organizational Behavior at theUniversity of Michigan Ross School of Business inAnn Arbor .__NOTOC__Career
After taking two degrees at Carnegie Mellon, a
B.S. inengineering and aM.S. in business, he joined theFord Motor Company in 1950. His next eight years were with theChrysler Corporation where he became Director of Manufacturing for all overseas plants in 1961, residing inGeneva, Switzerland for three years.In 1962, he became Director of Purchasing for
American Motors Corporation inDetroit . He was promoted to Director of Manufacturing, Vice-President of Manufacturing, Vice-President of the Product (Engineering) Group, Executive Vice-President, as well as to President and Chief Operating Officer. He finally rose to be the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1977. He retired early in 1982, by which time the French state-ownedRenault company controlled 46% of American Motors, [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954995,00.html "Time magazine" "Battling for Survival" February 1, 1982.] Retrieved onMarch 31 ,2008 .] and former AMC President W. Paul Tippett Jr. succeeded him as chairman. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954995,00.html "Time magazine" "On the Comeback Trail" March 12, 1984] . Retrieved onMarch 31 ,2008 .]He is President of Gerald C. Meyers Associates, Inc., a
management consulting firm exclusively engaged in advising and assisting senior corporate officers.On April 17, 2007, he received an
honorary degree , doctorate of business practice, fromCarnegie Mellon University by President Jared L. Cohon and Provost Mark S. Kamlet.Author
Meyers is the author of "When It Hits the Fan, Managing the Nine Crises of Business", published by
Houghton-Mifflin . In addition, he is co-author of "Dealers, Healers, Brutes & Saviors, Eight Winning Styles for Solving Giant Business Crises", published byJohn Wiley & Sons in 2000.ervice
He served as an officer in the
U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. He has been awarded the Cross of the French Legion of Honor.fact|date=April 2008References
External links
* [http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/business/dealershealers/ "Dealers, Healers, Brutes & Saviors"]
* [http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000213436 Michigan Ross School of Business Faculty Biographies]
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