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December 28, 1996: Neil Whittaker's 'different style'

December 28, 1996: Neil Whittaker's 'different style'

The Sun-Herald reports how the new ARL CEO will be different from his predecessors.

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Twenty-five years ago today, colleague Danny Weidler was penning a column for the following day’s Sun-Herald about the new ARL chief executive Neil Whittaker.

Whittaker would be a different operator than his predecessor, John Quayle, Danny wrote.

“I have an engineering background and I like structure,” Whittaker said. “I’m not big on fuzzy areas.”

Whittake…

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