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Chairman and chief executive officer, Continental Airlines

Nationality: American.

Born: 1941, in Austin, Texas.

Education: Abilene Christian University, BS; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, 1992.

Family: Married; children: three.

Career: U.S. Navy, 1958–1978, aircraft maintenance officer; Braniff Airlines, 1979–1980, maintenance manager; 1980–1982, vice president, maintenance; Western Airlines, 1982–1984, vice president, engineering and maintenance; Piedmont Airlines, 1984–1988, senior vice president, operations; Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, 1988–1994, vice president...