Frank Shrontz
Frank Anderson Shrontz (born December 14, 1931 in Boise, Idaho) is a former CEO and chairman of the Boeing Company.
The son of a sporting goods merchant, Shrontz graduated from Boise High School in 1949 and the University of Idaho in 1954 with a Bachelor of Laws degree, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Following a commission and service in the U.S. Army from 1954-56, he attended the Harvard Business School where he received an MBA in 1958 and then joined Boeing.
Beginning in 1973, he served in the Nixon & Ford administrations at the Department of Defense, and returned to Boeing in January 1977 as a vice president. He served as CEO from 1986-96, and stepped down as chairman in 1997.
While serving on the board of directors for Chevron, a new double-hulled supertanker was named in his honor in November 1998. [1] The South Korean-built ship was renamed the "Antares Voyager" in 2003. [2][3]
Shrontz was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2004.
Shrontz is part of the Seattle Mariners ownership group and is a member on the team's board of directors.[4]
References
- ↑ Press release - 1998-11-30 - accessed 2010-04-10
- ↑ aukvisser.nl - supertankers - accessed 2010-04-10
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- ↑ seattletimes.nwsource.com'Mariners' nearly invisible owners stand firmly behind struggling team' - accessed 26 September 2011
External links
- Boeing.com - Frank Shrontz
- UI Alumni Assoc. Hall of Fame - Frank Shrontz - inducted 1986
- Boise High School Hall of Fame - Frank Shrontz
- Beta Theta Pi.org - Frank A. Shrontz
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Frank Shrontz
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| Preceded by Thornton Wilson |
CEO of Boeing 1986-1996 |
Succeeded by Phil Condit |
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