Richard David McCormick (born July 4, 1940) is an

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business executive.

Biography

McCormick served as CEO of US West from 1990 to 1998.Richard D. McCormick, director since 1983
Wells Fargo website, Retrieved November 15, 2010. He was also a director of

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(1983-2010) and an honorary chairman of the

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(ICC). McCormick was born in

Fort Dodge, Iowa Fort Dodge is a city in, and the county seat of, Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 24,871 in the 2020 census, a decrease from 25,136 in 2000. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Ce ...

, the son of Elmo Eugene McCormick and Virgilla (Lawler) McCormick. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering from

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in 1961. During his time as an undergraduate he was a member of the

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fraternity. Post graduation he went to work for

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as an engineer in

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. On June 29, 1963, he married Mary Patricia Smola, and had four children. He moved to

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in 1969, rising to the presidency of the

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-based company in 1982. A year after the divestiture of the

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, he went to

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in 1985 as executive vice president of

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, Inc., the new regional Bell operating company. McCormick was elected president and chief operating officer in 1986, chief executive officer in 1990, and chairman in 1992 (replacing Jack A. MacAllister in both instances).Bryant, Adam. (4 April 1992
President of U S West to Become Chairman
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'', Retrieved November 15, 2010 In 1995 McCormick was named chairman of the

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, the US affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce. He stepped down as chairman and was named vice chairman in February 2001. Elected chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce in 2001, he retired in 2003 and was given the emeritus title of honorary chairman.Richard D. McCormick bio
USCIB webpage, n.d. Retrieved December 15, 2011. Having been elected a director of

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in 1983, upon the merger with

in 1998 he became a director of Wells Fargo. McCormick retired as CEO of US West in 1998 and as chairman of the board of directors in 1999. Solomon J. Trujillo replaced him as chairman.(12 May 1999
U S West Elects New Chairman
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'', Retrieved November 15, 2010 In January, 1999 McCormick was appointed vice president of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and in January, 2001 he became the president of the body. In the past McCormick served on the boards of Nortel Networks Corporation,

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, Health Trio,

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, and

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, and as a trustee for the Denver Art Museum. Active in Republican politics, he has been a member of

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for President, Bush-Cheney 2004,

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2008, and the Freedom and Free Enterprise Political Action Committee.

References

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