Background
Meinholtz, Frederick E. was born on January 17, 1890 in Saint Louis. Son of Fred John and Anne (Bullerdieck) Meinholtz.
Meinholtz, Frederick E. was born on January 17, 1890 in Saint Louis. Son of Fred John and Anne (Bullerdieck) Meinholtz.
Student Saint Louis public schools.
Office manager Western Union Telegraph Company, Saint Louis, 1907-1917. Manager radio department New York Times, 1920-1931, director communications, manager syndicate news department since 1931. Installed transatlantic press receiving station News Traffic Board, Limited., Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1922, president, director since 1933.
Handled North Pole communications, Amundsen, Byrd expeditions, 1926.
Initiated high frequency regularly scheduled press transmissions to ships at sea, 1926. Radio consultant Byrd’s first Antarctic expedition, 1928-1930.
Assisted organization, building Press Wireless, Incorporated., 1929, secretary, 1932-1943, now director Advisor United States delegation International Telecommunication Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 1938, Third Inter-American Radio Conference, Rio de Janeiro, South America, 1945, British-American Telecommunication Conference, Bermuda, 1945, International Telegraph and Radio Conference, Atlantic City, 1947, International Administrative Telegraph Conference, Paris, France, 1949. Member United States delegation International Plenipotentiary Telecommunication Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1952.
Member United States delegation International Administrative Telegraph & Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958.
Member United States delegation International Plenipotentiary Telecommunication Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1952. Member United States delegation International Administrative Telegraph & Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958. Served with United States Navy, 1917-1919.
Member American Legion (past company vice commander, adjutant, post commander), 40 et 8, Veterans Wireless Operators Association (Marconi Memorial gold medal of service 1960), American Polar Society.
Clubs: Garden City Country, Admiral’s, Stratoliner.
Married Mae M. Mackall, November 22, 1922. Children: Frederick Louis, Lillian Mae (Mistress Donald Stock), Harry Becker Wheeler.