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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kenneth N. Gilpin, Frederick Kappel, 92, Ex-Chief Of AT&T and Former U.S. Aide, The New York Times, November 12, 1994
  2. ↑ The Business Council, Official website, Background
  3. ↑ Time Magazine
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