http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z03fn7 No online items Guide to the Samuel L. Ginn Papers M1936 Brian Bethel Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2018 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Samuel L. Ginn M1936 1 Papers M1936 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Samuel L. Ginn papers creator: Ginn, Samuel L. Identifier/Call Number: M1936 Physical Description: 15 Linear Feet(29 boxes) Date (inclusive): circa 1960-2010 Abstract: The papers of Samuel L. Ginn include materials generally related to telecommunications and wireless cellular technology and business. Biographical / Historical Samuel L. Ginn is a retired business executive who worked in the telecommunications industry for over 40 years, with an emphasis on wireless technology and mobile communications. He is known for his role in expanding the market for wireless telecommunications and laying the foundation for the nation’s largest cellular phone business, Verizon Wireless. Samuel Lou Ginn was born in Anniston, Alabama on April 3rd, 1937. He attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, graduating from the College of Engineering in 1959. After serving in the Army Signal Corps, Ginn began working at the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) as a student engineer in Cincinnati in 1960, eventually becoming Vice President of Network Operations in 1977. During the divestiture of the Bell System, Samuel Ginn joined Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company in Los Angeles as Vice President in 1978. When Pacific Telesis (commonly abbreviated to “PacTel”) was created in 1983 as one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies after Bell System’s divestiture, Ginn joined as Vice Chairman. In 1988, Ginn became President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pacific Telesis Group, a position he would hold until 1994. In 1994, PacTel’s Cellular Division was spun off into the wireless telephone service provider AirTouch Communications. Ginn served as AirTouch’s CEO and Chairman of the Board until 1999, when the company was merged with Vodafone to become AirTouch Vodafone, and later Verizon Wireless, going on to become the largest wireless telecommunications provider in the United States. Ginn retired in 2000 and thereafter served as an advisor to telecommunications companies and board member for companies such as Chevron, Hewlett-Packard, and Safeway, as well as institutions such as the Hoover Institute and the Yosemite Fund. Additionally, Samuel Ginn served on Auburn University’s board of trustees from 2005-2013. He was inducted into Alabama’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Wireless History Foundation’s Wireless Hall of Fame in 2014. Ginn’s $25 million donation to Auburn’s College of Engineering funded a wireless engineering degree and led the college to be renamed the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Scope and Contents The Samuel L. Ginn papers consist of memoranda, meeting minutes, annual reports, speeches, presentations, articles, planners, and directories generally pertaining to telecommunications and wireless cellular technology and business. The majority of the material comes from Pacific Telesis (commonly abbreviated to “PacTel”) and AirTouch Communications, both telecommunications companies of which Sam Ginn was CEO during the 1980s and 1990s. There are a number of articles and memoranda related to the 1994 founding of AirTouch Communications from PacTel’s cellular division, as well as the 1999 merger of Vodafone Group and AirTouch Communications. Ginn’s time as CEO of PacTel and AirTouch is documented through numerous speeches, notes, emails and letters, as well as a number of planners and directories, the latter of which provide extensive photographic documentation of PacTel and AirTouch’s executive management group. There are also a number of employee newsletters and general employee publications from AirTouch. There are general articles and clippings about the history of the telecommunications industry, and interviews, drafts, and notes for “Anytime, Anywhere: Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World” by Louis Galambos and Eric John Abrahamson, a 2002 history of the wireless communication industry that features Ginn as its protagonist. Finally, a hard drive included with the collection is closed until processed, and a set of documents concerning company payroll are restricted until 2075. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Conditions Governing Access Guide to the Samuel L. Ginn M1936 2 Papers M1936 Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Born-digital material is closed until processed. Restricted material in Series 11 is closed until 2075. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Samuel L. Ginn; 2013 and 2017. Accession MSS 2013-010 and 2018-011. Preferred Citation [identification of item], Samuel L. Ginn papers (M1936). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California. Subjects and Indexing Terms Telecommunication Silicon Valley Wireless communications Ginn, Samuel L. Series 1. AirTouch box 4, folder 1 Ernst & Young Presentation to AirTouch 1999-06-28 box 5, folder 2 AirTouch News Releases box 5, folder 6 Presentation - "AirTouch Communications Around the World" 1998 box 6, folder 1 Vodafone Draft Registration Statement 1999 box 7, folder 1-2 AirTouch Promotional Materials box 7, folder 3 Mannesmann Documents box 7, folder 4-5 AirTouch Presentations box 8, folder 1-4 AirTouch Employee Communications box 9, folder 3 AirTouch Project Overlap 1998-08-27 box 9, folder 4 AirTouch Board Meeting 1998-12-10 box 9, folder 5 AirTouch Business Plans 1994-1995 box 9, folder 6 AirTouch Paging 1995-1997 Business Plan box 9, folder 8 Miscellaneous AirTouch Employee Publications box 10, folder 7 AirTouch Promotional Materials box 11, folder 6-7 AirTouch Business Plan box 12, folder 1 AirTouch Internal Documents box 12, folder 2 Vodafone AirTouch Merger Presentation box 13, folder 2 Samuel Ginn AirTouch ID and Pin box 13, folder 5 AirTouch Organizational Charts box 15, folder 2-3 AirTouch Speech Notes box 15, folder 4-5 AirTouch Cellular Business Plan 1995 box 15, folder 7 AirTouch Employee Publications box 17, folder 5 AirTouch Stock Trading History box 17, folder 8 Vodafone AirTouch Annual Report 1999 box 17, folder 7 Vodafone Clippings box 18, folder 1-3 AirTouch Articles box 19, folder 5 Proposed Compensation and Retention Programs box 19, folder 8 "AirTouch Chronology, 1984 - Date" box 21, folder 5 AirTouch Presentations box 21, folder 4 Vodafone AirTouch Ephemera box 22, folder 1-2 AirTouch Articles and Presentations box 25, folder 1 AirTouch 1998-1999 Business Plan box 25, folder 4 Vodafone AirTouch Board Meeting 1999-11-08 box 25, folder 6-7 Vodafone AirTouch Annual Reports 1999-2002 box 26, folder 3 Vodafone Directories and Organization Charts box 26, folder 4 Vodafone AirTouch Remuneration Committee 2000-03-14 box 26, folder 5 Vodafone AirTouch Remuneration Committee 2000-04-27 box 26, folder 6 Vodafone AirTouch Remuneration Committee 2000-05-23 box 26, folder 7 AirTouch Travel Documents Guide to the Samuel L. Ginn M1936 3 Papers M1936 Series 1. AirTouch box 26, folder 8 Vodafone AirTouch Remuneration Committee 2000-04-03 box 26, folder 9 Vodafone AirTouch Memoranda box 27, folder 2 Vodafone/AirTouch Merger Documents box 27, folder 3 Vodafone AirTouch Long Range Plan Documents 2000 box 27, folder 4 AirTouch Executive Management Directory box 27, folder 6 AirTouch Promotional Materials box 27, folder 9 AirTouch Chronology box 28, folder 5 AirTouch Internet Technology Tutorial box 28, folder 6-7 Misc. AirTouch Materials Series 2. Pacific Telesis box 2, folder 3 Pacific Telesis Separation Study box 2, folder 7 "New Telesis" Memorandum 1992-06-02 box 2, folder 8 Pacific Telesis Executive Management Group Photographs 1992-06-02 box 3, folder 4 Pacific Telephone China Proposal 1983 box 3, folder 5 Pacific Telesis Project Topaz Board Presentation 1992-08-31 box 3, folder 6 Pacific Telesis EVA Feasibility Study 1993-03-23 box 3, folder 7 Pacific Telesis "Regulated Business in Transition" box 3, folder 8 Pacific Telesis Photos and Founding Documents box 3, folder 9 Pacific Telesis Executive Hierarchy box 13, folder 7 Miscellaneous Pacific Telesis and AT&T Publications box 13, folder 8 Pacific Telesis Wireless Technologies Reference Package box 13, folder 9 Pacific Telesis Board Documents 1993 box 13, folder 10 Pacific Telesis Annual Reports 1982-1986 box 14, folder 1 Pacific Telesis Annual Reports 1987-1993 box 14, folder 5-6 Pacific Telesis Meetings and Presentations 1987 box 14, folder 8 Pacific Telesis Brochure box 17, folder 3-4 Pacific Telesis "Spin Off" Materials box 18, folder 6 Pacific Bell Clippings and Advertisements box 19, folder 3 Pacific Telesis Group Photo box 22, folder 3 "S.L. Ginn" Pacific Telesis Wallet box 22, folder 7 Samuel Ginn and Pacific Telesis Ephemera box 22, folder 10 Telesis History Project box 29, object 1 "PacTel Reveals AirTouch New Name"