Donald Nyrop
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Donald William Nyrop (April 1, 1912 – November 16, 2010) served as U.S. Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (now the Federal Aviation Administration) and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board[1] (now National Transportation Safety Board) under President Harry S. Truman in the early 1950s.
A native of
D.B. Cooper
committed the famous 1971 hijacking.
Early life
Nyrop graduated from Doane College in Nebraska in 1934 and then from George Washington University law school.[3]
References
- ^ "FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1965". FAA Flight Standards Retirees. FAA. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ St. Anthony, Neal (17 November 2010). "Aviation giant Donald Nyrop dies". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Donald Nyrop dies at 98; former head of Northwest Airlines". LA Times. November 27, 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
External links
- Profile of Donald Nyrop (page 5)
- St. Anthony, Neal. "Aviation giant Donald Nyrop dies," Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Thursday, November 18, 2010.
- Abelson, Reed. "Donald Nyrop, Who Led Northwest Airlines, Dies at 98," The New York Times, Sunday, November 28, 2010.