Background
Frey, Donald Nelson was born on March 13, 1923 in St. Louis. Son of Muir Luken and Margaret Bryden (Nelson) Frey.
educator manufacturing executive industrial engineer
Frey, Donald Nelson was born on March 13, 1923 in St. Louis. Son of Muir Luken and Margaret Bryden (Nelson) Frey.
Student, Michigan State College, 1940—1942. Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1947. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1950. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1965. Doctor of Science, University Missouri, Rolla, 1966.
Instructor metallurgical engineering University Michigan, 1949—1950, assistant professor chemical and metallurgical engineering, 1950—1951. Research engineer Babcock & Wilcox Tube Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1951. Various research positions Ford Motor Company (Ford division), 1951—1957, various engineering positions, 1958—1961, product planning manager, 1961—1962, assistant general manager, 1962—1965, general manager original Mustang auto, 1965—1968, company vice president for product development, 1965—1967.
President General Cable Corporation, New York City, 1968—1971, Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, 1973—1981, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1971—1988. Professor of industrial engineering & management science Northwestern University, Evanston, 1988—2008. Member executive board World Bank, Washington.
Board directors Cincinnati Milacron, Clark Equipment Company, Packer Engineering, My Own Meals, Hyatt Corporation, Springs Industries, Quintar, 20th Century Fox Corporation. Co-chair Japan study multinats. National Research Council, 1992—1994.
Surveyor World Bank, Poland, 1990. With United States Army, 1942-1946.
Co-chairman Governor's Commission of Science and Industry, Illinois, from 1988. Executive board member World Bank, 2003. Fellow: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Council on Foreign Relations, Detroit Engineering Society (president, board directors 1962-1965), Society Automotive Engineers (vice chairman Detroit 1958, Russell Springer award 1956), National Academy Engineering (member council 1972), American Society Metals, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (chairman Detroit chapter 1954, chairman, editor National Symposium on Sheet Steels 1956), Economic Club, Saddle and Cycle Club, Chicago Club, Hundred Club Cook County, Chicago Commonwealth Club, Phi Delta Theta, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Bonnie A. Gore, May28, 1989. Children by previous marriage: Donald Nelson, Judith Kingsley, Margaret Bente, Catherine, Christopher, Elizabeth.