Kenneth Wayne Simonds was an American businessman and philanthropist.
20 Facts About Kenneth Simonds
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Kenneth Simonds began his career in 1958 at IBM and was the youngest IBM manager when promoted to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Kenneth Simonds left IBM in 1975 to become an executive with Amdahl Corporation, starting as vice president of Western operations in 1975.
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Kenneth Simonds was promoted in 1976 to Vice President of Product Support and Services and promoted in 1979 to Senior Vice President of US Operations.
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Kenneth Simonds was a member of the team which had led Amdahl from no revenue in 1975 to $800 million dollars in revenue in 1984.
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Kenneth Simonds left retirement a year later, going to work for Teradata in 1985 as chief executive officer.
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Kenneth Simonds stayed with Teradata, through its initial public offering in 1987 and sale to NCR Corporation in 1991 for $250 million.
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Kenneth Wayne Simonds was born to Pauline and Wayne Simonds May 5,1935.
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Kenneth Simonds attended George Washington University for a year on a football scholarship but later transferred to East Tennessee State University.
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Kenneth Simonds died on October 11,2009, at his home in Indian Wells.
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Kenneth Simonds's funeral was held at Southwest Church in Palm Desert.
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In 1988, Kenneth Simonds founded the Practice Tee Corporation and built three facilities and courses for practice.
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Kenneth Simonds opened The Golf Center in Palm Desert in 1995.
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The Kenneth Simonds family continued to own and operate the facilities for many years after until the mid-2000s when they sold it to The First Tee, where it continues to operate as a First Tee facility.
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In 1981 Kenneth Simonds received the "Spirit of Life" Award from the City of Hope Medical Center as Humanitarian of the Year from the Technology Community.
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Kenneth Simonds was a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in Southern California in 1989.
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In 2000 Kenneth Simonds was named Outstanding Alumnus by East Tenn.
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Kenneth Simonds wanted to bring back the ETSU football team and in 2007 was prepared to make a large donation before the plans fell through.
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In 2009, Kenneth Simonds was posthumously inducted into the Dobyns-Bennett Alumni Association Hall of Fame.
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In 2015 Kenneth Simonds was posthumously awarded the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Philanthropy by Tennessee Board of Regents member Parker Smith as well as his wife for their donations given to ETSU.