Frank Nicholas Stanton was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973. He also served as the chairman of the Rand Corporation from 1961 until 1967. Along with William S. Paley, Stanton is credited with the significant growth of CBS into a communications powerhouse. Stanton was revered both as a spokesman for the broadcast industry before Congress, and for his passionate support of broadcast journalism and journalists. Former CBS News President Richard S. Salant ? a widely respected news chief and an appointee of Stanton's ? praised Stanton as a corporate mentor and statesman. [More at Wikipedia]

March 20th, 1908 in Muskegon  /  Died:   Dec 24th, 2006 - at the age of 98, natural causes