WILLIAM G. McGOWAN
December 10, 1927-June 8, 1992
WILLIAM McGOWAN
on the roof of the then MCI Building
Washington, D.C.
Two items in the news this year have particularly brought the late MCI Chair William McGowan back to public attention. One was AT&T's attempt to purchase T-Mobile, and the other was the broadcast of the film about McGowan, LONG DISTANCE WARRIOR. MCI took on the telephone monopoly -- successfully -- and McGowan was called the "man who beat AT&T" (see here). LONG DISTANCE WARRIOR curiously bills its subject "the most famous business leader you’ve never heard of" -- curiously for those of us who remember when McGowan was a real mover and shaker in Washington and in the communications industry. It is good to see him back in the spotlight, as here.
The photograph above is featured in the film.
Much more about Bill McGowan and the upstart MCI can be found here.
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