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American businessman
Frederick Russell Kappel
(January 14, 1902 ? November 10, 1994) was an American businessman. He served as the 9th President of
Western Electric
from January 1954 until September 1956. He later served as chairman of
AT&T
from 1961 to 1972. He also served in the
Johnson
and
Nixon
administrations.
Early life
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Kappel grew up in
Albert Lea, Minnesota
.
[1]
He graduated from the
University of Minnesota
.
[2]
Career
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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.
[2]
In 1954, he became president of Western Electric, another subsidiary.
[2]
In 1956, he was elected president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, later renamed AT&T.
[2]
He also served as its chairman from 1961 to 1972.
[2]
He served as chairman of
the Business Council
from 1963 to 1964.
[3]
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.
[2]
He was on the
cover of
Time
on May 29, 1964.
[1]
He received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1964 and the
John Fritz Medal
in 1965.
[4]
He served on the boards of directors of
Chase Manhattan Bank
and
General Foods
. 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.
[2]
Personal life
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He had a first marriage in 1927 and a second marriage in 1978.
[2]
He died of
Alzheimer's disease
in
Sarasota, Florida
, on November 10, 1994.
[2]
[5]
Bibliography
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- Business Purpose and Performance: Selections from Talks and Papers
(1964)
References
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- ^
a
b
"Corporations: The Bell Is Ringing"
.
Time
. May 29, 1964.
ISSN
0040-781X
. Retrieved
February 27,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
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
- ^
"People"
.
IEEE Spectrum
.
1
(8): 50?60. August 1964.
doi
:
10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500768
.
ISSN
0018-9235
.
- ^
"Deaths"
.
The Washington Post
. November 13, 1994
. Retrieved
February 27,
2023
.
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