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Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association), October, 2005
John R. Conrad, longtime president and chairman of the board of S&C Electric Company, died in his home on August 30, 2005, at the age of 89. Over a 50-year period at the helm of S&C, Mr. Conrad shaped the Chicago-based company into a global supplier of switching and protection equipment and services for electric transmission and distribution systems and large power users. An incisive analyst of industry trends and a stubborn proponent of private ownership for S&C, Mr. Conrad was a nationally known leader in the electric power industry.
After a rapid rise into management at Douglas Aircraft during World War II, Mr. Conrad joined S&C in 1945 at the behest of his father, Nicholas J. Conrad, co-founder of the company. Under John Conrad's leadership, S&C developed...
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