COMPANY

Founded 1926 as Northwest Airways.

Acquired by Delta Airlines in 2008, for $2.6B.

Official Website:
http://www.nwa.com/

Industry:
Airline

Ticker:
NYSE:NWA (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Eagan, MN

Sales:
$12.5B (2007)

Employees:
30,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
John H. Dasburg	Business	c. 1943		CEO of ASTAR Air Cargo
Mickey Foret	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
Robert L. Fornaro	Business	c. 1952		CEO of AirTran Holdings
James A. Lawrence	Business	18-Oct-1952		CFO of Unilever
Joseph B. Leonard	Business	c. 1943		CEO of AirTran Holdings, 1999-2007
Fred Malek	Government	22-Dec-1936		Thayer Capital Partners
Doug Parker	Business	c. 1962		CEO of US Airways
Steven G. Rothmeier	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89
Douglas M. Steenland	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Kathy J. Higgins Victor	Business	c. 1957		President of Centera Corporation

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
Richard C. Blum	Business	c. 1936		Husband of Dianne Feinstein
Roy J. Bostock	Business	25-Sep-1940		Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12
David A. Brandon	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Domino's Pizza
Michael J. Durham	Business	c. 1951		Former CFO, American Airlines
John Engler	Politician	12-Oct-1948		Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Mickey Foret	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
Robert L. Friedman	Business	c. 1942		Managing Partner, Blackstone Group
Doris Kearns Goodwin	Historian	4-Jan-1943		Team of Rivals
Jeffrey G. Katz	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Orbitz, 2000-04
Melvin Laird	Government	1-Sep-1922		US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Walter Mondale	Politician	5-Jan-1928		US Vice President under Jimmy Carter
James J. Postl	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State, 2000-02
Steven G. Rothmeier	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89
Rodney Slater	Government	23-Feb-1955		US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
Douglas M. Steenland	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Gary L. Wilson	Business	c. 1941		Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007
William S. Zoller	Labor Leader	c. 1949		Air Line Pilots Association

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chip Cravaack	Politician	29-Dec-1959		Congressman, Minnesota 8th
Harry Reasoner	Journalist	17-Apr-1923	6-Aug-1991	60 Minutes
Bernard A. Schriever	Military	14-Sep-1910	20-Jun-2005	US Air Force space program
William S. Zoller	Labor Leader	c. 1949		Air Line Pilots Association

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Berl Bernhard	Attorney	7-Sep-1929		Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert

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