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Frank Anderson Shrontz (born December 14, 1931 in Boise, Idaho) is a former CEO and chairman of the Boeing Company. The son of a sporting goods merchant, Shrontz graduated from Boise High School in 1949 and the University of Idaho in 1954 with a Bachelor of Laws degree, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Following a commission and service in the U.S. Army from 1954-56, he attended the Harvard Business School where he received an MBA in 1958 and then joined Boeing. Beginning in 1973, he served in the Nixon & Ford administrations at the Department of Defense, and returned to Boeing in January 1977 as a vice president. He served as CEO from 1986-96, and stepped down as chairman in 1997. While serving on the board of directors for Chevron, a new double-hulled supertanker was named in his honor in November 1998. 〔(Press release ) - 1998-11-30 - accessed 2010-04-10〕 The South Korean-built ship was renamed the "Antares Voyager" in 2003. 〔(aukvisser.nl ) - supertankers - accessed 2010-04-10〕〔()〕 Shrontz was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2004. Shrontz is part of the Seattle Mariners ownership group and is a member on the team's board of directors.〔(seattletimes.nwsource.com )'Mariners' nearly invisible owners stand firmly behind struggling team' - accessed 26 September 2011〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Shrontz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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