Dean C. Swanson of Cornelia, a former president of Standard Telephone Company and its successors, has died at the age of 94.
Swanson joined Standard in 1963. He served as vice president and operations manager from 1964 to 1970, executive vice president from 1970 to 1978, and president from 1978 to 1991, later serving as president of Standard Group, Inc., which was formed when STC added cellular, internet and cable TV. service throughout northeast Georgia.
A past president of the Georgia Telephone Association, he also chaired the United States Telephone Association in 1990 and appeared before congressional committees on national communications policy. In 2018, he was inducted into the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association’s Telephone Hall of Fame.
Dean also helped shape the community’s economic future and was a strong supporter of the arts and other civic activities in northeast Georgia, according to his obituary, which you can read in full here:
Dean Charles Swanson Obituary Oct 16, 2026 – Whitfield Funeral Home and Crematory