John A. Kaneb
{{Short description|American businessperson (1934–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|12|14}}
| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|29|1934|12|14}}
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| occupation = * CEO of HP Hood
- Part-owner of Boston Red Sox
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| alma_mater = Harvard College
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John A. Kaneb (December 14, 1934{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/05/metro/john-kaneb-hp-hood-chairman-chief-executive-dies-86/|title = John A. Kaneb, H.P. Hood chairman and chief executive, dies at 86 - the Boston Globe|website = The Boston Globe}} – August 29, 2021) was the chairman of the board of directors and CEO of HP Hood LLC and president of the Catamount Companies. Kaneb was also a part owner of the Boston Red Sox.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/15/the-50-wealthiest-bostonians/|title=The 50 Wealthiest Bostonians|date=May 15, 2006|website=Boston|language=en-US|access-date=April 15, 2020}}
Biography
Kaneb was born in Worcester in 1934,{{Cite book|last=Corporation|first=Standard and Poor's|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_IVAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Kaneb,+John%22+1934|title=Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives|date=1973|publisher=Standard & Poor's Corporation|language=en}} and graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics in 1956.{{Cite web|title=Board of Fellows|url=https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/leadership/board-fellows|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=hms.harvard.edu|language=en}} After graduating, he became an officer in the United States Navy.{{cite web |url=https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/hp-hood-chairman-confident-200-million-investment-in-batavia-will-pay-off-for-dairy |title=HP Hood chairman confident $200 million investment in Batavia will pay off for dairy company and community |first=Howard B. |last=Owens |website=thebatavian.com |date=July 18, 2017 |accessdate=September 17, 2020}}
The Kaneb family acquired HP Hood LLC in 1995 and increased its annual sales from US$600 million to about US$2.3 billion. Kaneb was also a part owner of the Boston Red Sox.
Besides his business work, Kaneb was a Trustee Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. He was also an Emeritus Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Emeritus Trustee and former chairman of the Board of McLean Hospital. He has worked on other boards and groups including the Board of Fellows of the Harvard Medical School. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2889/is_21_40/ai_n6094871 |title=Digest of other White House Announcements |date=May 24, 2004 |publisher=Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents via findarticles.com |accessdate=June 8, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As of 2008, he was vice-chair of that commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.nprec.us/commissioners.htm|title=The Commissioners|publisher=National Prison Rape Elimination Commission|accessdate=June 8, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080508041331/http://www.nprec.us/commissioners.htm |archivedate = May 8, 2008}}
Kaneb was also Vice Chair Emeritus of the Finance Council, Chairman of the Clergy Funds Board and Vice Chair of the Catholic Schools Council of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. He served as Trustee Emeritus and Finance Committee Chair at Partners HealthCare from 1994 to 2000. Kaneb was a member of Harvard University's Executive Committee on University Resources.{{Cite web|title=Rosen is First Kaneb Professor|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/03.21/RosenisFirstKan.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208135830/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/03.21/RosenisFirstKan.html|archive-date=2015-12-08|access-date=2021-12-27}} He died on August 29, 2021.{{Cite web|title=JOHN A. KANEB Obituary (2021) Boston Globe|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/john-kaneb-obituary?pid=199973847|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=Legacy.com}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Worcester, Massachusetts
Category:American chief executives of food industry companies
Category:Boston Red Sox owners
Category:Businesspeople from Boston
Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:Harvard Medical School people
Category:McLean Hospital people
Category:United States Navy officers
Category:University of Notre Dame people