Facts: - death place: baltimore , maryland - employer: american telephone & telegraph - title: president - caption: vail in 1913 - death date: 16 april 1920 - spouse: emma righter 1869 1905 - birth date: 16 july 1845 - name: theodore newton vail - image: theodore newton vail , bw photo portrait , 1913.jpg - birth place: minerva , ohio Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theodore newton vail .
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theodore newton vail -lrb- july 16 , 1845 -- april 16 , 1920 -rrb- was a u.s. telephone industrialist .he served as the president of american telephone & telegraph between 1885 and 1889 , and again from 1907 to 1919 -lrb- the company was named '' american telephone & telegraph '' before 1894 -rrb- .vail saw telephone service as a public utility and moved to consolidate telephone networks under the bell system .in 1913 he oversaw the kingsbury commitment that led to a more open system for connection .