James Henry Quello (April 21, 1914 – January 24, 2010) was a Democratic government official who oversaw the communications industry and a scholar who was born in Laurium, Michigan. He was a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and, in 1993, served as the Acting Chairman of the Commission. His term as Acting Chairman ended when Reed Hundt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He stepped down as an FCC commissioner in 1998. Quello was a Democrat who was appointed to the FCC by a Republican president, Richard Nixon.
He was a World War II hero during the European conflict in 1941–1945 and friend of American president Gerald Ford. At the time of his death he was the chairman of James H. Quello and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University which was named in honor of the former commissioner and his wife. Up until his death Quello was also working as a consultant in the Government Affairs law office of Wiley Rein.
Read more about James Henry Quello: Education and Marriage, World War II, Broadcasting Career, Federal Communications Commission, Awards, Death
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