Talk:Frederick W. Smith

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Frederick W. Smith was featured on the United States Marine Corps portal as the Selected biography. (1 April 2007 - 1 May 2007)

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The story is that he got a C on the paper he wrote at Yale not an F. In a recent Fortune article he said he couldn't actually remember what he made and that the story comes from an offhanded remark he made at some point "I was asked what grade I got on it, and I stupidly said, 'I guess I got my usual gentlemanly C.' That stuck, and it's become a well-known story because everybody likes to flout authority. But to be honest, I don't really remember what grade I got. I probably didn't get a very good one, though, because it wasn't a well-thought-out paper." Link to the Fortune article [1]

So can we remove that erroneous quote?--MarkO 23:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Libertarian cat

Hi, I removed the Libertarian cat as there is no assertion made about Smith's political beliefs in the article. --Deville (Talk) 00:13, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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Fred is co-chair with the CEO of Waste Management on the dangers for Americas dependence on oil.

The group is known as the Energy Security Leadership Council, also called for increasing U.S. oil and natural gas exploration, saying that could add 1 million to 2 million barrels of oil per day to the nation's supply. "Republicans need to accept sensible increases in vehicle fuel efficiency standards and Democrats must be willing to allow responsible expansion of oil exploration and production," said Fred Smith,

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