- William Edward Boeing
William Edward Boeing was an aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company. Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy German mining engineer named Wilhelm Böing who had made a fortune developing large low-grade taconite iron ore deposits and who had a sideline as a timber merchant. Americanizing his name to "William" after returning from being educated in Switzerland in 1900 to attend Yale University, … - Alan Mulally
Alan R. Mulally has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company. He succeeds William Clay Ford, Jr. , who remains Executive Chairman. Listings that include Alan R. Mulally have been updated in the following directories: - Richard Aboulafia
Richard Aboulafia is an aviation analyst and Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group Corporation. He specializes in military, civilian and general aviation. Richard writes publicly about aviation and defense, with numerous articles in Aviation Week & Space Technology, Financial Times, Military Technology, Avmark Aviation Economist, Jane's Intelligence Review and the Asian Wall Street Journal. He has a regular column in AIAA's Aerospace America. - Harry Curtis Stonecipher
Harry Stonecipher, the man Wall Street loved and Boeing's unions came to loathe, stepped down today. Stonecipher The retiring vice chairman leaves behind a far different company than he joined in 1997. Then, Boeing's vaunted commercial airplane operations were in trouble. The company was hemorrhaging red ink. - James McNerney
Walter James "Jim" McNerney, Jr., is an American businessman. On June 30, 2005 he was named the CEO of The Boeing Company. Prior to that, McNerney was the Chairman and Chief Executive of 3M. He had been a member of the Boeing board of directors since 2001. He is also a member of the board of directors of Procter & Gamble. McNerney is a current member of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees. McNerney, 57, oversees the strategic direction of the Chicago-based, … - Darleen Druyun
Darleen A. Druyun (born November 7, 1947), a former United States Air Force official and Boeing executive. - Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt (born June 15, 1951), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing (map), which is based in Wichita - Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman and Rajya Sabha MP. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, which draws its name from United Breweries Group's flagship beer brand, Kingfisher. Mallya receives substantial press coverage that focuses on his lavish parties and his yacht, the Indian Empress.<br - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Steven Ferencz Udvar-Hazy (or Steve Hazy) (born 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is the Chairman and CEO of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), which is one of the two largest aircraft lessors in the world (the other being GECAS.) As of 2006 he is the 83rd richest American with a net worth of US$3.1 billion. The Udvar-Hazy family came to the United States in 1958, fleeing the Soviet occupation of Hungary. Hazy attended the University of California, Los Angeles. - Bill Nye
William Sanford Nye (b. November 27, 1955), also known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy," is an American television program host, scientist, and mechanical engineer. - Gordon Bethune
Gordon M. Bethune (born August 1941) is the chairman of the board of Aloha Airgroup, parent company of Aloha Airlines. He was CEO of Continental Airlines from 1994 until his retirement at the end of 2004. From 1996 on, he also served as chairman of the board at that airline. He also serves on the boards of Honeywell, Sprint Nextel, Prudential Financial, and the Wills Group. Prior to joining Continental, he was an executive at Boeing. - Philip M. Condit
Philip Murray Condit (born August 2, 1941) - best known as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Boeing company from 1996 to 2003. He was born in Berkeley, California, and became an aviation enthusiast at an early age, earning his pilot's certificate at age 18. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963, a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1965, … - Thomas R. Pickering
Ambassador Pickering is senior vice president for international relations for Boeing. He has had a long career spanning five decades as a U.S. diplomat, serving as under secretary of state for political affairs, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and as U.S. ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Jordan, and El Salvador. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Norman D. Dicks
Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (born December 16 1940), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1977, representing Born in Bremerton, Washington, he attended the University of Washington where he was a star linebacker on the school's football team, the Washington Huskies. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, then went on for a degree in Law. - William Clay Ford Jr.
William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957), is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, and serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company. Ford also served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer until turning over those roles to Boeing executive Alan Mulally in September 2006. - John McDonnell
John F. McDonnell served as Chairman of McDonnell Douglas Corporation (aerospace) from 1988 until its merger with Boeing in 1997 and as its Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 1994. He is also a director of BJC Healthcare. - Richard Ben-Veniste
Richard Ben-Veniste (born January 3, 1943), a member of the 9/11 Commission, is known for his pointed questions and criticisms of members of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Ben-Veniste graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1960, received an A.B. from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1964, an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1967, and an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law in Evanston, … - Peter M. Bowers
Peter M. Bowers (1918 - April 27, 2003) was a journalist specialising in the field of aviation. Bowers is famed in the general aviation community for his work with "General Aviation News". Writing 26 books and over 800 articles detailing historic aircraft for a column called "Of Wings and Things", Bowers was a fixture of the newspaper for decades. Also an engineer at Boeing, he was an avid aviation photographer and also designed a homebuilt aircraft, the Fly Baby. - J. Michael Luttig
J. Michael Luttig (born in Tyler, Texas, June 13, 1954) is an American lawyer and a former federal judge. - Steve Chen
Steve Chen (born 1944 in Taiwan) is a computer engineer and pioneer. Chen is the founder and CEO of Galactic Computing, a developer of supercomputing blade systems, based in Shenzhen, China. Chen holds a M.S. from Villanova University and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is best known as the principal designer of the Cray X-MP multiprocessor supercomputer. Chen left Cray Research in 1987. - James A. Bell
James A. Bell is corporate president, chief financial officer and an executive vice president of The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company. He was named as acting CFO in November 2003 and formally elected to the position by the Boeing board of directors in January 2004. From March through June 2005, in addition to his CFO duties Bell served as Boeing president and chief executive officer on an interim basis. He was appointed corporate president in June 2008. - Richard Hugo
Richard Hugo (December 21, 1923 - October 22, 1982), born Richard Hogan, was an American poet. Primarily a regionalist, Hugo's work reflects the economic depression of the Northwest, particularly Montana. Born in White Center, Washington, he was raised by his mother's parents after his father left the family. In 1942 he legally changed his name to Richard Hugo, taking his stepfather's surname. He served in World War II as a bombardier in the Mediterranean. - Paul Bonhomme
Paul Bonhomme (born September 22, 1964) is an English aerobatics and commercial airliner pilot. Bonhomme was born into an aviator family. His father was an airline pilot and his mother worked as a flight attendant. His brother is a commercial pilot. Bonhomme's flying career started in 1980 at White Waltham Airfield as a general dogsbody by cleaning hangars, polishing aircraft and refuelling aircraft. - Michael M. Sears
Michael M. Sears is a former Boeing executive. In 1997, Mr. Sears was President of the Douglas Aircraft Company division of McDonnell Douglas. In 2003, Mr. Sears was Boeing CFO. Boeing terminated Mr. Sears on November 24, 2003 as the result of corruption allegations relating to the improper hiring of Darleen Druyun. For his part in the Darleen Druyun scandal, Mr. Sears was sentenced to four months in prison, a $250,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. - William M. Daley
William Michael Daley (born 1948) served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce and is a business executive. William Daley was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 8, 1948. In his spare time as a teenager and young adult, he liked to play the trombone in a New Jersey-based ska-punk-reggae band, Drive-Thru Pharmacy. He graduated with a B.A. from Loyola University Chicago, and an LL.B. (later amended to Juris Doctor) from John Marshall Law School. - Roscoe Turner
Roscoe Turner (September 29, 1895 - June 23, 1970) was an aviator who was a three time winner of the Thompson Trophy. - Dennis Overbye
Dennis Overbye (born June 2, 1944 in Seattle, Washington) is a science writer specializing in physics and cosmology. Overbye received his B.S. in physics from M.I.T. - where he was a member of the Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma - in 1966. He started work towards a master's degree in astronomy from U.C.L.A. in 1970 (though left to write a novel, which currently remains in a drawer). - Fred Haise
Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (pronounced 'Hayes') (born November 14 1933) is a former NASA astronaut. Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Biloxi High School and Perkinston Junior College (now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College). He graduated with honors in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1959. - George Conrad Westervelt
George Conrad Westervelt was an U.S. Navy engineer who created the company "Pacific Aero Products Co." together with William Boeing. After a while, Westervelt left the company and Boeing changed the name of the company to the Boeing Airplane Company. - Rudy de Leon
Rudy F. de Leon (born August 28, 1952) was Deputy Secretary of Defense from March 31, 2000 until March 16, 2001. He then was Boeing's senior vice president of Washington, D.C. Operations and a member of the Executive Council, leading all federal, state and local government operations for the company until resigning June 30, 2006. - Rozanne L. Ridgway
Rozanne L. Ridgway (born August 22, 1935 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, served 32 years with the U.S. State Department, holding several posts, including ambassador to Finland and to East Germany, and finished her career as assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. She is currently a director of Boeing, Emerson Electric Company, 3M Company, Sara Lee Corporation, and Manpower, Inc. - Nicholas Patrick
Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, Ph.D. is a British-born engineer and a NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 "Discovery" STS-116 mission made him the fourth Briton to go into space. Patrick was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England in 1964, and grew up in London. He became a United States citizen in 1994. He has a Peruvian wife (a pediatrician), and three children. - Lewis E. Platt
Lewis Platt Former CEO, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates (1999 - 2001) and F ormer CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company (1992-99) - Walter Dorwin Teague
Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an Art Deco designer and industrial designer. He designed cameras for Eastman Kodak, glassware for Steuben and Texaco gas stations. His company's work with Boeing began in 1946 with the design of the Stratocruiser's passenger aircraft interior. This relationship with Boeing has lasted more than 60 years with Teague's Aviation Studios work on every Boeing aircraft including the 707, 747, 777 and 787. - Charlie Dooley
Charlie A. Dooley is an American politician. He currently serves as the County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri. Dooley is the first African-American to hold this position. He is a Democrat. Dooley grew up in St. Louis, attending the St. Louis Public Schools and graduated from Wellston High School. He served in the army during the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1968. - Artemus Gates
Artemus Gates (November 3, 1895-June 14, 1976) was a great grandson of lumber baron Chancy Lamb and a grandson of lumber baron Artemus Lamb. He grew up at "Oakhurst" in Clinton, Iowa. He was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of naval aviation efforts in World War II (7 December 1941 - 30 June 1945), and also briefly Undersecretary of the Navy (3 July 1945--2 September 1945). - James Smith McDonnell
James Smith McDonnell (April 9, 1899 - August 22, 1980) was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell (or "Mac" as he was often referred) was a graduate of Princeton University and earned a Master's of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT. After graduating from MIT, he worked for the Huff Daland Airplane Company and Glenn L. Martin Company. - Philip G. Johnson
Philip G. Johnson (November 5, 1894-September 14, 1944) was an American executive, president of Boeing. Trained as an engineer, Johnson started working for Boeing in 1917. He was named president in 1926. Afterwards, he headed United Airlines and, later, its whole aeronautical conglomerate, United Aircraft and Transport Corporation. In the aftermath of the Air Mail Scandal of 1934, he was officially banned from the industry for several years, … - William McPherson Allen
William McPherson Allen (1900 - 1985) was a U.S. aircraft businessman. Born in Montana, he graduated from Harvard Law School, and joined the Board of Boeing Air Transport in 1930 while remaining an employee of his Seattle law firm, Donworth, Todd & Higgins. A year later he joined the Board of Boeing Airplane Company as company attorney. Following the death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944, Chairman Claire Egtvedt was tasked with appointing his replacement. - William Fetter
William Fetter (1928-2002) was an American computer graphics art director. In 1964, while working for Boeing, he made the first computer model of a human body. He coined the term "Computer Graphics" in 1960, to describe his work at Boeing
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