COMPANY

Founded in 1885 as a subsidiary of Bell Telephone. Originally called the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, it was split up by court decree in 1984. In 2005 the company was acquired by SBC, which then assumed AT&T's identity.

Official Website:
http://www.att.com/

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NYSE:T

Corporate headquarters:
San Antonio, TX

Sales:
$43.9B (2005)

Employees:
180,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barry K. Allen	Business	c. 1949		EVP at Qwest, 2004-07
Robert E. Allen	Business	25-Jan-1935		CEO of AT&T, 1988-97
A. Gary Ames	Business	c. 1946		CEO of MediaOne, 1990-2000
Robert E. Angelica	Business	c. 1949		CEO of AT&T Investment Mgmt., 1999-2006
Cresencio S. Arcos	Diplomat	10-Nov-1943		US Ambassador to Honduras, 1990-93
C. Michael Armstrong	Business	18-Oct-1938		CEO of Comcast, 2002-04
Robert L. Bailey	Business	c. 1957		CEO of PMC-Sierra
Alexander Graham Bell	Inventor	3-Mar-1847	2-Aug-1922	Inventor of the telephone
Robert R. Bennett	Business	19-Apr-1958		CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005
Betsy J. Bernard	Business	16-May-1955		President of AT&T, 2002-03
J. A. Blanchard III	Business	c. 1943		CEO of eFunds, 2000-02
W. Frank Blount	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Telstra, 1992-99
Beth L. Bronner	Business	c. 1950		Mistral Equity Partners
James W. Cicconi	Attorney	1952		EVP Legislative Affairs at AT&T
Curtis J. Crawford	Business	c. 1947		President of XCEO
John T. Dickson	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Agere Systems, 2000-05
David W. Dorman	Business	1954		CEO of AT&T, 2002-06
Carly Fiorina	Business	6-Sep-1954		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Gary D. Forsee	Business	1950		CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07
Walter S. Gifford	Business	10-Jan-1885	7-May-1966	President of AT&T, 1925-48
Sam Ginn	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99
Maureen E. Girkins	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Zondervan
Roger W. Hale	Business	c. 1943		CEO of LG&E Energy, 1990-2001
Isaiah Harris, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		Former BellSouth executive
Dan Hesse	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Sprint Nextel
David F. Houston	Government	17-Feb-1866	2-Sep-1940	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20
David K. Hunt	Business	c. 1946		PlanSoft Corporation
Michael P. Huseby	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Cablevision
William H. Kurtz	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Novellus Systems
Ronald T. LeMay	Business	c. 1945		President and COO of Sprint, 1997-2003
H. Eugene Lockhart	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Mastercard International, 1994-97
Alex J. Mandl	Business	14-Dec-1943		President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96
William B. Marx, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Former AT&T/Lucent EVP
Richard A. McGinn	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Lucent, 1996-2000
Gail J. McGovern	Business	1952		Professor of Marketing, HBS
John T. Montford	Politician	28-Jun-1943		Chancellor, Texas Tech University, 1996-2001
Roger H. Moore	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Illuminet Holdings, 1996-2001
Oscar Muñoz	Business	c. 1960		CFO of CSX
Joseph Nacchio	Business	22-Jun-1949		Qwest CEO, convicted of fraud
Charles H. Noski	Business	c. 1951		CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
Lars Nyberg	Business	1951		CEO of NCR, 1995-2003
Victor A. Pelson	Business	c. 1937		Former AT&T Executive
George K. Petty	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Telus, 1994-99
David J. Robino	Business	c. 1959		Vice Chairman of Gateway, 2000-01
Ray M. Robinson	Business	30-Nov-1947		Former AT&T executive
Patricia F. Russo	Business	1953		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
Daniel Schulman	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Virgin Mobile USA
Stan Sigman	Business	1947		CEO of AT&T Mobility
Albert K. W. Siu	Business	?		Chief Learning Officer at AT&T, 1996-2002
Daniel E. Somers	Business	c. 1947		CEO of AT&T Broadband, 1999-2001
William R. Spivey	Business	c. 1947		Retired AT&T executive
Randall Stephenson	Business	22-Apr-1960		CEO of AT&T
Randall L. Tobias	Government	20-Mar-1942		AIDS Czar, USAID Administrator
Theodore Vail	Business	16-Jul-1845	16-Apr-1920	Founder of AT&T
Thomas C. Wajnert	Business	c. 1943		CEO of AT&T Capital, 1984-97
John R. Walter	Business	c. 1948		CEO of RR Donnelley, 1989-96
Ed Whitacre, Jr.	Business	4-Nov-1941		Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10
John D. Zeglis	Business	1947		CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Aldinger	Business	1947		CEO of Household International, 1994-2003
Gil Amelio	Business	1-Mar-1943		CEO of Apple, 1996-97
Reuben V. Anderson	Attorney	16-Sep-1942		Partner, Phelps Dunbar
James H. Blanchard	Business	22-Aug-1941		CEO of Synovus Financial, 1971-2005
August Busch III	Business	6-Jun-1937		Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002
James P. Kelly	Business	c. 1944		CEO of UPS, 1997-2002
Charles F. Knight	Business	1936		CEO of Emerson Electric, 1973-2000
Jon C. Madonna	Business	c. 1943		CEO of KPMG, 1990-96
Lynn Martin	Politician	26-Dec-1939		US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93
John B. McCoy	Business	11-Jun-1943		CEO of Bank One, 1987-99
Mary S. Metz	Educator	c. 1937		President of Mills College, 1981-90
Toni Rembe	Attorney	c. 1938		Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop, 1971-2004
Joyce M. Roché	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Girls Incorporated
Randall Stephenson	Business	22-Apr-1960		CEO of AT&T
Laura D. Tyson	Economist	28-Jun-1947		Dean of London Business School
Patricia P. Upton	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Aromatique

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert E. Allen	Business	25-Jan-1935		CEO of AT&T, 1988-97
Vannevar Bush	Scientist	11-Mar-1890	30-Jun-1974	Pre-internet visionary
J. Michael Cook	Business	16-Sep-1942		CEO of Deloitte & Touche, 1989-99
John W. Davis	Attorney	13-Apr-1873	24-Mar-1955	US Solicitor General, 1913-18
Kenneth T. Derr	Business	4-Aug-1936		CEO of Chevron, 1989-99
David W. Dorman	Business	1954		CEO of AT&T, 2002-06
Walter S. Gifford	Business	10-Jan-1885	7-May-1966	President of AT&T, 1925-48
James A. Henderson	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Cummins, 1994-99
Frank C. Herringer	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Transamerica, 1991-99
Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.	Business	c. 1936		Billionaire, Continental Cablevision
David F. Houston	Government	17-Feb-1866	2-Sep-1940	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20
Shirley A. Jackson	Physicist	5-Aug-1946		NRC Chairman, 1995-99
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Drew Lewis	Government	3-Nov-1931		US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
Donald F. McHenry	Diplomat	13-Oct-1936		US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81
J. Irwin Miller	Business	26-May-1909	16-Aug-2004	Former CEO of Cummins Engine
Charles H. Noski	Business	c. 1951		CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
Victor A. Pelson	Business	c. 1937		Former AT&T Executive
Monroe Rathbone	Business	1-Mar-1900	2-Aug-1976	Formed Exxon
S. Donley Ritchey	Business	c. 1937		Former CEO of Lucky Stores
Henry B. Schacht	Business	16-Oct-1934		Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent
Louis A. Simpson	Business	c. 1937		Head of investments at GEICO
Michael I. Sovern	Educator	1-Dec-1931		President of Columbia University, 1980-93
Randall L. Tobias	Government	20-Mar-1942		AIDS Czar, USAID Administrator
Sanford I. Weill	Business	16-Mar-1933		CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003
Ed Whitacre, Jr.	Business	4-Nov-1941		Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10
Tony L. White	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Applera

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bjarne Stroustrup	Computer Programmer	1950		Inventor of C++ programming language

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Barnett	Business	c. 1940		EVP at Motorola, 2003-05
James Barr III	Business	c. 1939		President of TDS Telecom, 1990-2006
Bruce R. Bond	Business	c. 1947		CEO of PictureTel Corporation, 1998-99
Gregory Q. Brown	Business	c. 1960		CEO of Motorola
William F. Buehler	Business	c. 1949		Vice Chairman of Xerox, 1999-2001
John L. Clendenin	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96
Peter A. Darbee	Business	?		CEO of PG&E, 2005-11
Nathaniel A. Davis	Business	c. 1954		President of XM Radio
Thomas P. DiNapoli	Politician	10-Feb-1954		Comptroller, State of New York
William T. Esrey	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Sprint, 1988-2003
Kim Gandy	Activist	25-Jan-1954		President of NOW
Judith R. Haberkorn	Business	c. 1947		Former Bell Atlantic executive
Patricia L. Higgins	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Switch and Data, 2000-04
Richard Jewell	Victim	17-Nov-1962	29-Aug-2007	Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
John F. Killian	Business	c. 1955		President, Verizon Business
Richard D. McCormick	Business	4-Jul-1940		CEO of US West, 1992-98
Philip J. Quigley	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Pacific Telesis, 1994-97
John Ramsey	Relative	7-Dec-1943		JonBenét's father
Gerard R. Roche	Business	c. 1931		Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles
Aviel Rubin	Computer Programmer	8-Nov-1967		Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins
Ivan G. Seidenberg	Business	10-Dec-1946		Chairman and CEO of Verizon
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
Allan R. Spies	Business	c. 1949		CFO of US West, 1997-2000
Dennis F. Strigl	Business	c. 1947		President & COO of Verizon
Doreen A. Toben	Business	1949		CFO of Verizon

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Judy A. Black	Government	18-Mar-1949		Lobbyist
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Frank Luntz	Pundit	23-Feb-1962		Republican pollster, strategist
Paul W. MacAvoy	Economist	21-Apr-1934		Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76
Michael Ovitz	Business	14-Dec-1946		President of Disney, 1995-97
Bill Paxon	Politician	29-Apr-1954		Congressman from New York, 1989-99
Mark Penn	Government	5-Jan-1954		Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign strategist
Ed Rollins	Government	19-Mar-1943		GOP political strategist
William F. Sharpe	Economist	16-Jun-1934		Capital asset pricing model
Alvin Toffler	Author	4-Oct-1928		Future Shock

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Barkley	Basketball	20-Feb-1963		NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Carrot Top	Comic	25-Feb-1965		Prop-comic recycled for commercials
Calvert DeForest	Actor	23-Jul-1921	19-Mar-2007	Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman
Blake Griffin	Basketball	16-Mar-1989		Los Angeles Clippers power forward
Bill Kurtis	Journalist	21-Sep-1940		Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice
Meat Loaf	Musician	27-Sep-1947		Bat Out of Hell
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Comic	13-Jan-1961		Elaine on Seinfeld
Cliff Robertson	Actor	9-Sep-1923	10-Sep-2011	Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Jerry Stiller	Actor	8-Jun-1927		Frank Costanza on Seinfeld
Ray Walston	Actor	2-Dec-1914	1-Jan-2001	My Favorite Martian
Billy Dee Williams	Actor	6-Apr-1937		Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman
Tiger Woods	Golf	30-Dec-1975		Greatest living golfer

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