Background
Polk, Louis Frederick was born on March 7, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Louis Frederick and Pauline (Chaney) Polk.
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Louis Frederick Polk
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Education
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1949; Bachelor of Science in Elec. and Industrial Engineering, Yale University, 1954; Master of Business Administration in Financial and Mfg, Harvard University, 1956.
Career
With, Sheffield Corporation (subsidiary Bendix Corporation), 1956-1960; vice president, manager operations instruments and systems division, machine tool division, cutting tool division, contract services division, Sheffield Corporation (subsidiary Bendix Corporation), 1960; with, General Mills, Inc., 1960-1968; comptroller, General Mills, Inc., 1961-1968; finance vice-president, director, General Mills, Inc., 1962-1966; executive vice president finance international and development, General Mills, Inc., 1965-1968; president, chief Executive officer, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Inc., New York City, 1968-1969; now Chairman of the Board, Collectors' Reprints, Inc., New York City. Chairman of the Board, founder Leisure Dynamics, Inc., Children's World. Director Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Greylock Management Corporation, Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Former member University of Minnesota School Business Administration. Former trustee Phillips Andover Academy. Founder, past trustee Minnesota Outward Bound Schools, Inc.
Advisory board Macalester College, 1962-1965, Minneapolis Society Fine Arts. Former member Yale University Development Board. Member Harvard Business School Association (executive council), Book and Snake, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Connections
Married Sally Boyd, July 1, 1954 (divorced November 1969). Children: Christy Kennard, Louis Frederick III, Mary Lees, Stephen Boyd. Married Anna Maria Cronholm, October 5, 1990.
1 child, James Scott.
