Gifford, Walter Sherman

Biography: 

(1885–1966), business exec.; asst. secy., asst. treas., Western Electric (1905–8); exec., AT&T (1911–50), exec. vice pres., then pres., chair of board (1948–50); in FEPC negotiations on Western Electric (1943). U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1950–53). Born in Mass.; educated Harvard.

Birth: 
1885 January 10
Death: 
1966 May 7
Gender: 
Male