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Northwest Airlines
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
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Richard H. Anderson |
Business |
1956 |
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CEO of Delta Airlines |
| Richard C. Blum |
Business |
c. 1936 |
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Husband of Dianne Feinstein |
| Roy J. Bostock |
Business |
25-Sep-1940 |
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Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12 |
| David A. Brandon |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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CEO of Domino's Pizza |
| Michael J. Durham |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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Former CFO, American Airlines |
| John Engler |
Politician |
12-Oct-1948 |
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Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003 |
| Mickey Foret |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002 |
| Robert L. Friedman |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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Managing Partner, Blackstone Group |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Historian |
4-Jan-1943 |
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Team of Rivals |
| Jeffrey G. Katz |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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CEO of Orbitz, 2000-04 |
| Melvin Laird |
Government |
1-Sep-1922 |
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US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 |
| Walter Mondale |
Politician |
5-Jan-1928 |
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US Vice President under Jimmy Carter |
| James J. Postl |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State, 2000-02 |
| Steven G. Rothmeier |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89 |
| Rodney Slater |
Government |
23-Feb-1955 |
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US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001 |
| Douglas M. Steenland |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08 |
| Gary L. Wilson |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007 |
| William S. Zoller |
Labor Leader |
c. 1949 |
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Air Line Pilots Association |
EMPLOYMENT
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Berl Bernhard |
Attorney |
7-Sep-1929 |
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Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert |
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