Frederick Kappel
| Frederick Kappel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | November 1994 Sarasota, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Chairman at AT&T, Inc. |
Frederick Kappel 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.V 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
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 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
- ↑ Time Magazine
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- 1902 births
- 1994 deaths
- University of Minnesota alumni
- American businesspeople
- 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
