Indiana Bell was founded in 1920 to function as the central Bell telephone company in the state of
Indiana. It purchased the Indiana operations of the Central Union Telephone Company and also purchased the Indianapolis Telephone Company. It continued to expand throughout the 1920s through acquisitions. In 1930, Indiana Bell's
headquarters building in
Indianapolis was relocated to the south and west of its original location while employees continued working in it.
Presidents • Edgar S. Bloom, 1920–1921 • Curtis H. Rottger, 1921–1930 • James F. Carroll, 1930–1946 • William A. Hughes, 1946–1948 • Harry S. Hanna, 1948–1960 • Roy C. Echols, 1960–1968 • Thomas S. Nurnberger, 1968–1970 • David K. Easlick, 1970–1971 • James E. Olson, 1972–1974 • John W. Arbuckle, 1974–1976 • Delbert C. "Bud" Staley, 1976–1978 • William L. Weiss, 1978v1981 • Philip A. Campbell, 1981–1982 • William P. Vititoe, 1982–1983 • Ramon L. Humke, 1983–1989 •
Richard C. Notebaert, 1989–1992 • Thomas J. Reiman, 1992–1994 • Kent A. Lebherz, 1994–2000 • George S. Fleetwood, 2000–2013 • William L. Soards II, 2013–
Corporate rebranding The Indiana Bell name continued to be used until January 1993, when Ameritech dropped all individual Bell Operating Company names in favor of using the corporate name for marketing purposes, and Indiana Bell began doing business under the
trade name Ameritech Indiana. In 2001, two years after Ameritech was acquired by
SBC Communications, SBC rebranded all of its companies to include the SBC name, and Indiana Bell began doing business as
SBC Ameritech Indiana. In 2002, SBC rebranded all of its companies simply as "SBC" for use as a national brand. Indiana Bell then started doing business as
SBC Indiana. After
AT&T Corporation was acquired by SBC Communications for $16 billion, SBC renamed itself AT&T, resulting in Indiana Bell taking the trade name
AT&T Indiana. ==References==