International Directory of Business Biographies | F. Duane Ackerman Biography

• EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
• THE FORMATION OF BELLSOUTH
• RAPID RISE IN THE COMPANY
• THE NEW CEO
• MAINTAINING BELLSOUTH'S INDEPENDENCE
• DEDICATION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, BellSouth Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: 1942, in Plant City, Florida.

Education: Rollins College, BS, 1964; MS, 1970; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1978.

Family: Married Kappy (maiden name unknown); children: four.

Career: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1964–1971, various customer service and other...