CHICAGO: Boeing's PR department sprang into action last week in the wake of CEO Phil Condit's sudden resignation December 1 and the subsequent naming of board member and former McDonnell Douglas CEO Harry Stonecipher to succeed him. Stonecipher will not take the title of chairman; that went to former Hewlett-Packard CEO Lewis Platt.
Along with the company's corporate communications unit, advanced planning for a Wednesday-morning audio news conference involved the company's chief counsel and the IR department. After it was given ...