Dave L. Tandy (1889-1966)

Tandy and business partner Norton Hinckley founded the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company in 1919, which continued until their split in 1950. Dave and son Charles renamed their business as Tandy Leather Company. Dave retired in 1956, leaving the company in the hands of Charles.

Dave passed away December 21, 1966 at age 77.

Tandy began working at his father's leather company at age 12 & set up a mail order business after serving in the Navy in WWII. The company continued to grow until being reborn as the Tandy Corporation. In 1963, Tandy acquired many companies including Radio Shack, which grew to 1000's of store locations around the world.

Tandy died in his sleep from a heart attack at age 60.

Mr. Kornfeld began working for Radio Shack in 1948 and was appointed president in 1970. He was nationally known for getting Radio Shack into the personal computer business with the company's best-selling TRS-80. Mr. Kornfeld served as RadioShack Corp. president until 1981 and was a board member until 2003. 

He passed away in 2013, at the age of 97.

Roach and his family moved to Fort Worth when he was four. He graduated from TCU in 1961, and began his tenure at Tandy in 1967. He presented the TRS-80 Microcomputer prototype to Charles Tandy in 1977. Roach ultimately became CEO & Chairman in 1983, until his retirement in 1999.

Roach passed away on March 20, 2022.

"Mr. Radio Shack" led the helm during the heyday of the company which he helped to turn into a 2.3 billion dollar chain with more than 7,000 stores.

Appel passed away on April 2, 2017.

Nugent joined the Tandy Leather Company in 1952 as one of their first retail store managers. He moved to Fort Worth to help organize the Tandy Crafts section, ultimately becoming a VP of Tandy Corp, and Chairman/President of Tandy Crafts.

Frank Durda IV (respectfully referred to by associates & enthusiasts as "FDIV") joined the Tandy Corporation in 1982. He designed hardware or developed software for Models III, 4, 4P, 12, 16, 2000, 6000, and several MS-DOS based systems. He was a trusted, top resource of technical knowledge for most things Tandy.

Frank passed away in 2018.