| 1. | Sosthenes Ricardo Ludovic Behn wurde geboren am 30 Jan 1884 in St. Thomas; gestorben am 6 Jun 1957 in New York - NY,,,. Notizen:
Born at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, January 30, 1882 and educatedatSt. Thomas, Ajaccio, Corsica, St. Barbe and Paris, France.Married toMargaret Dunlap; children, Edward John, William Charles,MargaretCecilia.
Chairman, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.Internat,Standard Electric Company, Chairman and Presidentof the Board, CubanTelephone Company, President and Director,Port of Havana DocksCOmpany, Radio Corporation of Cuba, StandardProductsDistributing ofCuba, Interntional Telephone and Telegraph(Espana). Chairman-director,Puerto Rico Telephone Company,Radio Corporation of Puerto Rico.Director and chairman of theFinance Committee, Federal ElectricCompany. Director, AmericanCable and Radio Corporation, CapehartFarnsworth Company, theCoolerator Company, Federal TelecommunicationsLabs, FederalTelephone and Radio Company, Kellogg Switchboard andSupplyCompany, CIA Standard Electric Company (Puerto Rico andArgentina),Kellogg Credit Corporation, StandardElektrizitats-Gesellschaf,A.G., Standard Electricia,Lisbon, StandardElectricia of Madrid,the National City Bank, New York, L.M. EriccssonTelephone Company,Sweden. Delegate Representative, National Conventionof 1912,member of RepublicanNational Committee, 1912-16.
Commissioned a Captain, Signal Corps,United States Army, June19, 1917,later Major and Lieutenant Colonel. Served with theAmericanExpeditionary Force (AEF) in France in World War Iuntil February 1919.Commanded the 232nd Field Signal Battalion,Chatteau Thierry, St.Mihiel, Argonne. Awarded the DistinguishedService Medal (DSM), Medalof Merit, Commnder of the Legionof Honor of France, Grand Cross of theOrder of Isabella laCatolica of Spain, Grand Officer of the Order ofSt. Gregory.Office: 67 Broad Street, New York City.
He died in New York City in 1957 and was buried in Section 3ofArlington National Cemetery. His stone reads: "Co-founder,with hisbrother, Hernando, of the International Telephone andTelegraphCorporation.
Sosthenes heiratete Margaret Dunlap Behn am 31 Mai 1920. Margaret (Tochter von Sallows Dunlap und Cecilia M Berwind) wurde geboren am 22 Sep 1891; gestorben am 26 Jan 1977. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]
Kinder:
- 2. Edward John Behn
 wurde geboren am 5 Dez 1922 in New York City - NY,,,USA; gestorben am 4 Apr 1966.
- 3. William Charles Behn wurde geboren am 1 Feb 1924 in New York - NY,,,; gestorben am 19. Apr 2015 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
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1884 - 1957 (73 Jahre)
