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Johnson, F. Ross (Frederick Ross), 1931-2016

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Personal name headingJohnson, F. Ross (Frederick Ross), 1931-2016
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Variant(s)Johnson, Frederick Ross, 1931-2016
Johnson, Ross, 1931-2016
Birth date1931-12-13
Death date2016-12-29
Place of birthWinnipeg (Man.)
Place of deathJupiter (Fla.)
AffiliationRJR Nabisco (Firm)
Order of Canada
Profession or occupationExecutives
Found inBarbarians at the gate, 1993: container (F. Ross Johnson, CEO of R.J.R. Nabisco)
Wikipedia, 8 Feb. 2008 (F. Ross Johnson; b. Frederick Ross Johnson in Winnipeg, Man., 1931; Canadian businessman, president and CEO of RJR Nabisco)
Fortune magazine, 5 Jan. 1987, retrieved from http://money.cnn.com on 8 Feb. 2007 (The year's 50 most fascinating business people, Ross Johnson)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 3, 2017 (in obituary published Dec. 31, 2016: F. Ross Johnson; b. Frederick Ross Johnson, Dec. 13, 1931, Winnipeg, Man.; d. Thursday [Dec. 29, 2016], Jupiter, Fla., aged 85; as chief executive of RJR Nabisco, instigated an era-defining takeover struggle that was chronicled in film and a best-selling book and made him a symbol of corporate greed)
Wikipedia, viewed 10 February 2017: F. Ross Johnson (Frederick Ross Johnson, OC; Canadian businessman best known as the chief executive of RJR Nabisco in the 1980s; born December 13, 1931, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Manitoba in 1952 and an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1956; died December 29, 2016, at his home in Jupiter, Florida)
Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 10 February 2017 (F. Ross Johnson, O.C., M.B.A., LL.D.; Atlanta, Georgia; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on December 29, 1986, invested on April 29, 1987; The President, Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Nabisco Brands Inc., he is a devoted supporter of several Canadian educational institutions such as Memorial University and the University of Manitoba, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
Not found inAmicus database, 10 February 2017