COMPANY

The U.S.'s third largest phone company, founded 20 December 1879 as Southern Bell by James Ormes. It became part of AT&T, but became Bellsouth in 1984 with the court-ordered breakup of that company. In 2006, Bellsouth was again acquired by AT&T.

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

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Atlanta, GA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
F. Duane Ackerman	Business	1942		CEO of Bellsouth, 1997-2006
John L. Clendenin	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96
Odie C. Donald	Business	c. 1949		President of DirecTV, 2000-01
Jere A. Drummond	Business	23-Jul-1939		Vice Chairman of Bellsouth, 2000-01
Mark L. Feidler	Business	c. 1955		COO of Bellsouth, 2005-07
Gary D. Forsee	Business	1950		CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07
Roger W. Hale	Business	c. 1943		CEO of LG&E Energy, 1990-2001
Isaiah Harris, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		Former BellSouth executive
Linda S. Harty	Business	c. 1960		VP and Treasurer of Cardinal Health

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
F. Duane Ackerman	Business	1942		CEO of Bellsouth, 1997-2006
Reuben V. Anderson	Attorney	16-Sep-1942		Partner, Phelps Dunbar
James H. Blanchard	Business	22-Aug-1941		CEO of Synovus Financial, 1971-2005
Andrew Brimmer	Economist	13-Sep-1926		Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74
J. Hyatt Brown	Business	c. 1937		Brown & Brown
John L. Clendenin	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96
Armando M. Codina	Business	c. 1946		Founder of Codina Group
Mark L. Feidler	Business	c. 1955		COO of Bellsouth, 2005-07
James P. Kelly	Business	c. 1944		CEO of UPS, 1997-2002
John G. Medlin, Jr.	Business	1933		CEO of Wachovia, 1977-93
Leo F. Mullin	Business	26-Jan-1943		CEO of Delta Airlines, 1997-2004
Eugene F. Murphy	Business	24-Feb-1934		Vice Chairman of GE, 1997-99
William S. Stavropoulos	Business	12-May-1939		Twice CEO of Dow Chemical

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