AT&T (Bell)

Theodore Vail — Built the Bell System

President

• Built the Bell System
• 'One policy, one system, universal service'

Alexander Graham Bell — Invented the Telephone

• Invented the telephone
• The namesake of Bell

Thomas A. Watson

• Bell's assistant — 'come here, I want to see you'

Walter Gifford

• Long-serving president

Gardiner Hubbard

• Founder and financier of the Bell company