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Former McDonnell
Douglas CEO Sandy McDonnell Dies At 89 By Daniel Baxter |
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March 22, 2012 - Boeing on Tuesday issued a statement
regarding the March 19 passing of former McDonnell
Douglas chairman and CEO Sanford N. (Sandy) McDonnell,
he was 89.
“The people of Boeing extend our deepest sympathies to
the McDonnell family, and join them in mourning Sandy’s
passing. Sandy’s commitment to his colleagues and
customers, his country, and his community during his
40-year career and throughout his lifetime, was
extraordinary,” said Boeing Chairman, President and CEO
Jim McNerney.
Sanford "Sandy" N. McDonnell (1922 - March 19, 2012) was
an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist.
Former chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell
Douglas Corporation, he also served as national
president of the Boy Scouts of America and as chairman
of Character Education Partnership. He was "Man of the
Year" in St. Louis in 1984.
During World War II, Sandy McDonnell spent two years in
the New Mexico desert casting uranium-238 for the
then-top-secret Manhattan Project, which developed the
world’s first atomic bomb.
After the war, McDonnell joined McDonnell Aircraft,
started by his uncle, James S. McDonnell, and took on a
number of jobs from stress engineer, to aerodynamicist,
to aircraft designer before his first management
position, where he played a pivotal role in developing
the highly successful F-4 Phantom II fighter jet. |
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During his
service with McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell had a strong interest
in ethics. As a child, he had been a boy scout, rising to the
rank of Star Scout. He continued as an adult to become an Eagle
Scout. During his term with McDonnell Douglas, he used the Scout
Promise as the basis for a work Code of Ethics.
Following his retirement, McDonnell turned his focus to education and the need of focusing on character in public schools. After establishing a program in St. Louis public schools (the Personal Responsibility Education Process), he became founding chair of the national Character Education Partnership in 1993, a position he held until 2005. |