European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Of Power John Kenneth Salt Nihti advantage afforded people mho Ore tall anon Al society s Moat blatant Ana forgiven by , Kleinfield new York times everyone wants to be a person of towering it s always a compliment when someone refers id you As a corporate giant. Bui what if you Are literally a corporate giant in group photographs of the top brass at chemical Bank for instance. Walter Shipley always stands out. Not because he s the chairman. It s where his head is. Shipley is 6 feel 8, you took at his face and Hen you glance Down quite a ways to the others Paul a. Volcker the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board looks up o virtually no one no even Shipley. He s 6-8 too. William Gavin a vice chairman of Xerox is 6-7, Donald a Marron the chief executive of Paine Webber is 6-6. Wilhelmus b. Bryan Iii a vice president and partner at Korn ferry the axe ulivo search firm is 6 feet Xvi which allows him to Tower Over most of the people he recruits. And Andrew Heiskell the Lormer head of time inc., is 6 feet 5 a. Actually Heiskell says that he s shrinking and is Down to 6-5 extraordinarily tall people like these men do not run rampant in business circles but every Industry appears to boast a few Large Habi tues that in itself May be remarkable since a full 99 29 percent of american men aged 16 to 74 never make i to 6 feet 4. According to Iho National Center Lor health statistics. It apparently is Worth gelling Here because innumerable studies indicate thai tall people enjoy a Sharp Edge Over their Shorter counterparts in attaining Success in life. John Kenneth Galbraith the economist and Fullor once went so far Aslo declare Hal the advantage at corded people who Are tall is one of society s most blatant and forgiven Galbraith is not us your Normal All specimen he is 6-8. That puts him along with a Small band of corporate executives into a rarefied category that apparently has never been studied in arty detail Heiskell jokingly says Hal his own informal surveys have persuaded him tha All people Over 6-6 Are abnormal. Under fi-6, they re Fine " he said that he recently explained to his wife that the reason he was successful was because he escaped being abnormal by a half Inch nevertheless even people who creep into Heiskell s abnormal Range Are convinced that the Exira inches Are Nice id have if you can gel them. They say that they help them to gel noticed by their Bosses while they re scratching their Way up after All they argue much of the game of advancement in business can be reduced to being noticed ii definitely helps because you get remembered said Robert Stolch Gardiner who retired last year As Chiel executive of Dean Wilder Reynolds and who remains a senior adviser to rite Wall Street firm a
