# Who Is CF Frost? I knew him

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**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-cf-frost-i-knew-him/522751 "2009-12-28T01:01:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![meridian3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@meridian3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meridian3)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-cf-frost-i-knew-him/522751/1 "2009-12-28T01:01:21Z")

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And he went by Charlie not Chuck.

Charlie Frost was an account exec on the AmEx account at O&M as you state (great that you found that out!). During the years I knew him (mid-late 1970s), Charlie would often come to our graphic arts studio on East 47th Street – a few blocks east of O&M’s headquarters at the time – to check on a job we’d be doing for his group. I remember him being a very down to earth, gregarious guy.

Our studio made 35mm slides and other presentation materials and O&M was one of our best clients along with a number of other ad agencies of the day (think Y&R, JWT, BBD&O, RS&L, Ammirati + Puris, etc).

On occasion Charlie’s wife (Barbara? I can’t quite recall darnit) would freelance as a typist for us. They were both really nice people. Barbara was quite a bit taller than Charlie BTW!

Thanks for the memory!🙂

ETA: Link to column: [Who is C. F. Frost, whose name appears on sample American Express cards? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/171/who-is-c-f-frost-whose-name-appears-on-sample-american-express-cards)

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-cf-frost-i-knew-him/522751/2 "2009-12-29T06:42:23Z")

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Yeah, that’s him!

I worked with some of the great advertising agencies of the time and, in retrospect, it was loads of fun.