| 词条 | Charles D. Tandy |
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| name =Charles David Tandy | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image =Charles D. Tandy Statue (14029951450).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption =Official Portrait issued by Tandy Corporation | birth_name = | birth_date ={{birth date|mf=yes|1918|05|15}} | birth_place =Brownsville, Texas | death_date ={{Death date and age|mf=yes|1978|11|04|1918|05|15}} | death_place = | residence = | nationality =American | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Texas Christian University | employer = | organization =Tandy Corporation | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | agent = | occupation =Businessperson | years_active = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth =$28.4 million (at time of death) | height = | weight = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | spouse =Gwen Purdy (Johnston) (?-1966) Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy m. 1969 | children = | relations = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = | misc = }}Charles David Tandy (15 May 1918 – 4 November 1978) was the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Tandy Corporation.[1] Early lifeCharles Tandy was born in Brownsville, Texas to Dave L. Tandy,[2] who ran the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company with his friend Norton Hinckley. [3] He was educated at the R. L. Paschal High School.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} CareerTandy entered his father's business at the age of 12.[4] In 1940 he graduated from Texas Christian University. He then spent some time at the Harvard Business School before joining the US Navy for the remainder of World War II. While in the Navy he set a record for selling war bonds.[5] While a supply officer in the Navy, he noticed sailors being taught knitting and needlepoint as part of recuperative therapy. Thinking that men would prefer leatherwork to needlework, he established a system of craft work for hospitalized service personnel. Its success led him, on leaving the Navy, to set up a mail order business, Tandycraft, that became a major part of his father's business.[4] Tandy developed his small family leather business into an international corporation. He first turned it into a leather craft company when shoe rationing in World War II almost killed the business, and later expanded into selling leather and tools to make such products as wallets.[4] After a struggle over the company, which saw the Hinckley name dropped, the company was renamed to Tandy Corporation. In 1963, Tandy acquired the ailing RadioShack, a chain of nine retail stores in the Boston area;[5] the chain grew to more than 400 across the country.[4] In Tandy's last years his major project was the revitalization of downtown Fort Worth, his hometown e.g. the construction of the eight‐block Tandy Center.[4] Tandy died of a heart attack in his sleep, on 4 November 1978.[1] Awards and recognition
References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal| title = Radio Shack's Charles Tandy Dead at 60|journal = The Intelligent Machines Journal| date = 11 December 1978|page = 1| volume = 1| issn = 0199-6649}} 2. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWUgwtMh6iUC&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=charles+tandy+brownsville+texas&source=bl&ots=sOb_m-pmRg&sig=PV2zI6s_cYwIZRD6ynNlgRnwwqE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7or_oxYveAhWOct8KHcLcCnM4ChDoATAPegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=charles%20tandy%20brownsville%20texas&f=false|title=Fort Worth: Outpost on the Trinity|last=Knight|first=Oliver|date=1990|publisher=TCU Press|isbn=9780875650777|language=en}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Tandys_Money_Machine_1992_Mobium_Press|title=Tandy's money machine : how Charles Tandy built Radio Shack into the world's largest electronics chain|last=Farman|first=Irvin|date=1992|publisher=Chicago : Mobium Press}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/charles-tandy-60-industrialist-started-work-at-12-400-radio-shacks.html |title=Charles Tandy, 60, Industrialist |date=1978-11-06 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=2017-09-18}} 5. ^1 {{cite book |last= Farman |first= Irvin |date= 1992 |title= Tandy’s Money Machine |url= |location= Chicago |publisher= The Mobium Press |page= |isbn= 0-916371-12-3}} 6. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.adclubfw.org/downloadable/AAF_FW_Dateline_Recipients.pdf| title = Dateline Award Recipients| publisher = American Advertising Federation of Fort Worth|accessdate = 2010-06-09}} 7. ^1 {{cite conference |first=Gail |last=Bennison |title=’A Lot of Man’ Charles Tandy left a legacy of colorful stories, grateful devotees |type=doc |conference= Fort Worth Business Press: Thanks for the Mentorees |pages=7–10 |date= |location= Fort Worth, TX |url= |access-date=}} External links{{Portal|Dallas|Companies}}
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