Background
Don Fites was born in 1934 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
chairman Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar
Don Fites was born in 1934 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
He attended Valparaiso University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi. He graduated with a Bachelor of Surgery in Civil Engineering in 1956, and soon after joined Caterpillar.
He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management as a Sloan Fellow, and received his Master of Business Administration in 1971. 1990 marked Don"s elevation to the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, which he held until he reached the mandatory retirement age in 1999.