Frank Shrontz

Frank Anderson Shrontz (born December 14, 1931 in Boise, Idaho, United States) 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

  1. ↑ Press release - 1998-11-30 - accessed 2010-04-10
  2. ↑ aukvisser.nl - supertankers - accessed 2010-04-10
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  4. ↑ seattletimes.nwsource.com'Mariners' nearly invisible owners stand firmly behind struggling team' - accessed 26 September 2011
Business positions
Preceded by
Thornton Wilson		 CEO of Boeing
1986-1996		 Succeeded by
Phil Condit
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