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Frank Anderson Shrontz (December 14, 1931 – May 4, 2024) was an American corporate executive and government official. He was the former chief executive officer and chairman of the Boeing Company. He also served in the United States Department of Defense during the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Early life

Born on December 14, 1931, and raised in Boise, Idaho, Shrontz was the son of a sporting goods merchant. He graduated from Boise High School in 1949 and the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1954 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. While there, he served as chapter president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Following a commission and service in the U.S. Army from 1954–1956, he attended the Harvard Business School where he received a Master of Business Administration in 1958. He worked for the Eli Lilly and Company while he was in graduate school, but accepted a job with Boeing in 1958.

Career

Beginning in 1973, Shrontz served in the United States Department of Defense during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He returned to Boeing in January 1977 as a vice president in charge of contract administration and planning. He later became a division head managing production of 707, 727, and 737 aircraft. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, he was a proponent of the mid-range 737 jetliner rather than the longer range and more fuel efficient 757 and 767. This was a successful decision financially, as stabilizing oil prices and airline deregulation soon led the 737 to become Boeing's top selling airframe.

Shrontz became president of Boeing in 1984 and served as CEO from 1986–1996. He was chairman of the board from 1988 to 1997. In 1996, Shrontz was succeeded as CEO by Phil Condit.

Shrontz served on the boards of 3M, Boise Cascade Corporation, and Chevron, and as a citizen regent on the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents. He was part of the group that purchased the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball in 1992, and was on the team's board of directors.

While he was serving on the board of directors of Chevron, a new double-hulled supertanker was named in his honor in November 1998. The South Korean-built ship was renamed the Antares Voyager in 2003 after it changed owners.

Personal life

Shrontz married Harriet Ann Houghton, whom he met at the University of Idaho, in 1954. They had three sons, and were married for 58 years. She died in 2012. Shrontz was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2004. Boeing endowed the Frank Shrontz Endowed Chair of Professional Ethics at Seattle University beginning in 1997. He was awarded the Oxford Cup, Beta Theta Pi's most prestigious award, in 1999.

Shrontz died on May 4, 2024, at the age of 92.

External links

• Boeing.com—Frank Shrontz
• UI Alumni Assoc. Hall of Fame—Frank Shrontz; inducted 1986
• Boise High School Hall of Fame—Frank Shrontz
• Beta Theta Pi.org—Frank A. Shrontz
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center—Frank Shrontz
• DOD Key Officials History (1947-2014)

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