George McConnaughey

Prior to his chairmanship of the FCC, McConnauthey was educated in the Hillsboro Ohio public schools. From 1914 until 1917 he attended Denison University until the outbreak of world war I. During the war he enlisted in the Army and became a first lieutenant of field artillery. He was in combat service in the Meuse–Argonne offensive and served as liaison with the infantry in the Battle of Verdun. After being discharged from the Army in 1919, McConnaughey re-entered Denison University and obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1918. PhD. degree in 1920. Graduated from Western Reserve University, 1923, Doctor of Laws. == Ohio Public Utilities Commission ==

Tenure Ohio Public Utilities Commission. February 1, 1939 – 1945. == Defense renegoiation Board ==

Chairman Renegotiation Board, 1953-1954. == Tenure as Chairman of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission ==

George C. McConnaughey, Ohio; November 1944 - January 1945. == Tenure at FCC ==

McConnaughey’s was nominated to chairmen FCC October 4, 1954. resigned in 1957 in the face of bribery charges involving the awarding of television channels in Miami and Pittsburgh. == Personal life ==

McConnaughey married Nelle Louise Morse on February 2, 1924, in Licking, Ohio with whom he had two children, George C. Mcconnaughey, Jr., and David C. McConnaughey. He died after a long illness with cancer on March 16, 1966 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. Married second wife, Charlotte Smith Daines, November 8, 1962. ==See also==