| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 22, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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David Todd Kearns BORN Aug. 11, 1930, Rochester, N.Y. His father, a mechanical engineer, was treasurer of a company that supplied IBM. EDUCATION As a youth, he lacked focus. He wasn't a distinguished student but won a degree in business administration in 1952 from the University of Rochester. MARRIAGE Wed Shirley Cox in 1954, five years after meeting. After the wedding, she started teaching nursery school, but she soon quit to have the first of their six children. FIRST JOB He joined IBM as a sales rep in Rochester in 1954. He stayed 17 years, rising to head the company's data-processing unit. SECOND JOB In 1971, joined Xerox, then the quintessential go-go company, as vice-president. In 1982, he succeeded Peter McCullough as CEO. He quit eight years later, at Xerox' retirement age of 60. GOVERNMENT Lamar Alexander tapped him in 1991 to be his deputy at the Education Dept. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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