The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cordell Reed.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (3 hr., 1 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.106
Subjects

Other author/creatorReed, Cordell, 1938- interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Cordell Reed
Portion of title Cordell Reed
Abstract Corporate executive Cordell Reed was born on March 26, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. After earning his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1960, Reed joined Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) electrical company. He was promoted to senior vice president, serving in three separate departments, and became an executive in 1975, in addition to acting as a public spokesman for nuclear power as well as a department manager. In 1994, he became ComEd's ethics officer and the chief diversity officer. Reed represented ComEd in a 1995 trade mission to South Africa before retiring in 1997. He also served on several corporate boards, including LaSalle Bank, the Walgreen Company, Underwriters Laboratories, and Washington Group International. Reed was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi, the National Technical Association, and the Urban Financial Service Association. He was also a fellow of the American Nuclear Society.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 July 2.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2002.106 HistoryMakers

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