Donald Vester Fites (born 1934) was the chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc. from 1990 to 1999.
[2] Don Fites was born in 1934 in Tippecanoe, Indiana.
[3] He attended Valparaiso University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi.
in Civil Engineering in 1956, and soon after joined Caterpillar.
1990 marked Don's elevation to the positions of chief executive officer and chairman of the board, which he held until he reached the mandatory retirement age in 1999.