Frank M. Folsom

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Frank Marion Folsom (14 May 1894, Sprague, Washington - 12 January 1970, New York City) was an electronics company executive and was a permanent representative of the Holy See.

Sprague, Washington City in Washington, United States

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Holy See Episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, Italy

The Holy See, also called the See of Rome, refers to the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, known as the pope, which includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome with universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the worldwide Catholic Church, as well as a sovereign entity of international law.

Biography

He graduated from Manhattan College, Fordham University, and held an LLD from the University of San Francisco.

Manhattan College private Roman Catholic college of liberal arts and science, business, and engineering in New York City

Manhattan College is a private, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college in the Bronx in New York City. After originally being established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools as an academy for day students, Manhattan College was officially incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1922, the College moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north of its original location on 131st Street in the Manhattanville section of Manhattan. Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, health, engineering, and science. Graduate programs are offered for education, business, and engineering.

Fordham University American university

Fordham University is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named for the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its main campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit-affiliated university in the northeastern United States, and the third-oldest university in New York State.

The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The school's main campus is located on a 55-acre (22 ha) setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hilltop", and part of the main campus is located on Lone Mountain, one of San Francisco's major geographical features. Its close historical ties with the City and County of San Francisco are reflected in the University's traditional motto, Pro Urbe et Universitate.

Folsom began his career in 1910 at the Montgomery Ward & Co. in the merchandising field. He held the position of manager of west coast operations and Marketing Vice President. From 1940 to 1941 he worked for a department store, Goldblatt Brothers in Chicago, Illinois, and was the assistant coordinator of purchases for OPM from 1941 to 1942. In 1942 he was appointed as special assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy. He received the Medal of Merit from President Harry S Truman for his work as chief of Navy procurement in Washington during WWII. [1]

While working at the Navy Department, he met David Sarnoff, who got him his next job as Executive Vice President of the RCA Victor Division. He was promoted to President in 1949 and served as Chairman of the Executive Committee Board from 1957. [2]

David Sarnoff American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television

David Sarnoff was an American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970.

Frank Folsom and David Sarnoff with the RCA's CT-100, world's first color television. Thumbnail image of Sarnoff and Folsom with first color TV.jpg
Frank Folsom and David Sarnoff with the RCA's CT-100, world's first color television.

In June of 1952, RCA announced the establishment of a Frank M. Folsom Scholarship, in honor of the President of RCA who is a member of Notre Dame's Advisory Council for Science and Engineering. The scholarship benefits students majoring in pure science or engineering at the University of Notre Dame. [3]

He also served as director of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the John P. Maguire Company, NBC, the General Cable Corporation, RCA Commons, Crown Cork & Seal, Tishman International, and served as the representative of the Holy See to the International Atomic Energy Agency. [4]

NBC American television and radio network

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial terrestrial television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. The network is one of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. It became the network's official emblem in 1979.

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He was a member of the Augusta National Golf Club, the Blind Brook Club of Port Chester, the Bohemian Club, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, Florida, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Pilgrims of the United States and the Catholic fraternity KÖHV Alpenland (Austria).

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