Frank Shrontz, Transformative Boeing Leader, Dies At 92

Frank Shrontz

Former Boeing CEO Frank Shrontz will be best remembered for the 777, the development of which is considered one of the best managed in the history of the company.

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Former Boeing CEO and Chairman Frank Shrontz, who led the company through key developments ranging from the 747-400 and 777 to the International Space Station, died May 3 aged 92. Under Shrontz’s stewardship from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s Boeing was transformed into a global aerospace company...
Guy Norris

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