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Alcoa veteran Fetterolf dies at 83

February 07, 2012 - 23:26 GMT Location: New York

KEYWORDS: Alcoa , Fetterolf , obituary

Former Alcoa Inc. president C. Fred Fetterolf died Sunday at age 83.

After leaving Alcoa in 1991, Fetterolf sat on a number of boards, including Allegheny Technologies Inc., the former Commonwealth Industries Inc. and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Mellon Bank...

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