Frederick Kappel
Frederick Kappel | |
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| Born | 1902 |
| Died | November 1994 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Chairman at br>AT&T |
Frederick Kappel (1902–1994) was an American businessman.[1] He served as chairman of AT&T from 1961 to 1972.[1] He also served in the Johnson and Nixon administrations.[1]
Biography[]
Early life[]
He graduated from the University of Minnesota.[1]
Career[]
He started his career at AT&T in 1924, working as a $25-a-week digger of telephone poles for one of its subsidiaries, the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Minnesota.[1] In 1954, he became president of Western Electric, another subsidiary.[1] In 1956, he was elected president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, later renamed AT&T.[1] He also served as its chairman from 1961 to 1972.[1] He served as chairman of The Business Council from 1963 to 1964.[2]
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him as chairman of presidential commissions, including the Commission on Postal Organization and, in 1967, to a special mediation board in a railroad dispute. President Richard M. Nixon appointed him as a governor of the United States Postal Service and, from 1972 to 1974, as its chairman.[1] He was on the cover of Time Magazine on May 29, 1964.[3] He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 and the John Fritz Medal in 1965.
He served on the boards of directors of Chase Manhattan Bank and General Foods.[1] He also served as chairman of the board of International Paper from 1969 to 1971, and chairman of its executive committee from 1971 to 1972.[1]
Personal life[]
He had a first marriage in 1927 and a second marriage in 1978.[1] He died of Alzheimer's disease in Sarasota, Florida, in November 1994.[1]
Bibliography[]
- Business Purpose and Performance: Selections from Talks and Papers (1964)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kenneth N. Gilpin, Frederick Kappel, 92, Ex-Chief Of AT&T and Former U.S. Aide, The New York Times, November 12, 1994
- ^ The Business Council, Official website, Background Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Time Magazine
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- 1902 births
- 1994 deaths
- University of Minnesota alumni
- AT&T people
- United States Postal Service people
- JPMorgan Chase people
- Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Henry Laurence Gantt Medal recipients
- 20th-century American engineers