Background
Cornell, Francis Shepard was born on July 13, 1899 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Birdsall and Eleanor E. (Jackson) Cornell.
steel products company executive
Cornell, Francis Shepard was born on July 13, 1899 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Birdsall and Eleanor E. (Jackson) Cornell.
Graduate Lehigh University, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Carrol College, 1954.
Assistant to president A.O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, 1945-1949, executive vice president, 1953-1964. General manager Kankakee Consumer Products Company (Illinois), 1949-1953. President Dow-Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, 1961-1965.
Director Briggs Stratton, Milwaukee.
Director, member executive finance committee Figgie International Incorporated. (formerly A.T.O., Incorporated.), Cleveland.
Member executive finance.
Married Lucile Fraser, July 27, 1943.