It were led by their commanding officer, Charles B. "Tex" Thornton. A others were: Wilbur Andreson Charles Bosworth, eventually head of purchasing. J. Edward Lundy, eventually chief financial officer. Robert S. McNamara, eventually Ford president, then Secretary of Defense. Arjay Miller, eventually Ford president. Ben Mills, eventually general manager of Lincoln-Mercury Section. George Moore Francis "Jack" Reith, the executive responsible for the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and the Edsel, both sales failures -- Reith committed suicide a few years later. James Wright, eventually head of Ford section.

Thornton wrote to many corporations, offering their services en bloc -- everthing x, or even nothing. Henry Ford II had recently taken over a company from either his ailing gramps &, looking for management serve badly, accepted their offer. Seven of the 10 went in to senior management positions. Thornton left Ford within 1948 for Hughes Aircraft, and late was head of Litton Industries.

Other uses of "Whiz Kids"
A term less famously was later on wont to describe a bit of members of United States President John F. Kennedy's administration, led by Robert S. McNamara. This was an extension of the earliest description.

Whiz Kids was also the title of a short-passing 1983 American adventure TV series about the class action of adolescent computer hackers who work whenever amateur detectives when it aren't doing their preparation.

A term as well refers to the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, who experienced an typical age of Xxvi. It were a immature squad to ever win a National League pennant, and at that period were the youngest to ever play around a World Series.

Links
[http://www.detnews.com/2003/specialreport/0306/09/f06-186985.htm Detroit News article] [http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=662&type=inductees J. Edward Lundy bio within Self-propelling Hall of Fame] [http://www.refstar.com/vietnam/mcnamara_interview.html McNamara interview]