Executive transformed Akron company, taking it out of the tire and polyvinyl chloride business and moving it into aerospace and specialty chemicals.
Businessman, philanthropist and civic leader John D. Ong, the former chairman and chief executive officer of B.F. Goodrich Co. in Akron and the former U.S. ambassador to Norway, died June 4 at age 92.
He had been hospitalized for kidney failure.
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Source: Akron Beacon Journal | Published: 2026-06-05T23:11:43Z
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