Background
Akers, John Fellows was born on December 28, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kenneth Fellows and Mary Joan (Reed) Akers.
Information processing company executive
Akers, John Fellows was born on December 28, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kenneth Fellows and Mary Joan (Reed) Akers.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1956.
With International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1960-1993, vice president, 1976-1982, vice president, assistant group executive, 1976-1978, senior vice president, 1982-1983, group executive Information Systems and Communications Group, 1981-1982, president, 1983-1989. Also board directors International Business Machines Corporation Corporation. Chief Executive Officer International Business Machines Corporation, 1985-1993, chairman board, 1986-1993.
Board directors New York Times Company, Pepsi Cola., W.R. Grace & Company, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
Trustee Metropolitan Museum Art, California Institute of Technology Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1960.
Married Susan Davis, April 16, 1960. Children: Scott, Pamela, Anne.