
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, March 16, 1992                   TAG: 9203160081
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DETROIT                                LENGTH: Short

IACOCCA'S SUCCESSOR TO MOVE FROM GM STAFF

Yielding to the wishes of Lee Iacocca, the directors of Chrysler Corp. have agreed to name a General Motors executive to succeed Iacocca as chief executive, several people with knowledge of the board's deliberations said Sunday night.

After two days of meetings in New York, the board's 10 outside directors settled on Iacocca's candidate, Robert J. Eaton, who currently heads GM's highly profitable European operations.

Chrysler spokesmen and executives declined to comment Sunday on what was decided. The company scheduled a news conference for today in Highland Park, Mich.

Eaton is an experienced engineering executive who previously supervised GM's technical staffs and was head of GM's ill-fated X-Car program in the 1970s.

- The New York Times

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