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bob palma

“Nance reviewed Packard’s history and concluded the company was adrift.”

James J. Nance

ow would you like to have been appointed captain of the Titanic 10 minutes before its fate was sealed by hitting the iceberg? That may seem ridiculous, but it’s not unlike the feeling James Nance, a successful marketing executive, might have had when he was elected Packard Motor Car Company’s President in 1952.

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