Frederick R. Kappel

(1902-1994) lived in Omaha. Executive of American Telephone and Telegraph Company for 11 years during which time the number of customers was doubled, appeared on cover of Time, May 29, 1964, was chairman of U.S. Postal Service for two years, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Consult Current Biography (1957) 289-291 and New York Times obituary, November 12, 1994, p. 28 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 4 (2001) 279-281.

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