Claire Egtvedt

American CEO and engineer (1872–1975)

Clairmont L. "Claire" Egtvedt (October 18, 1892 – October 19, 1975) was an airplane designer and president and chairman of the Boeing Company. Along with Ed Wells, he is considered to be the father of the Boeing B-17 bomber.2

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Born 1892, died 1975.1

About

Egtvedt was chief engineer on airplanes such as the B-1 mailplane, Boeing Model 15 and Boeing Model 21 pursuit airplanes, and the Boeing Model 40 airliner-mailplane. Though promoted to the executive ranks, he also participated heavily the design of the Boeing Model 80, XB-15, and B-17 models. As president, and later chairman of Boeing he oversaw and approved the development of the B-47, B-52, 707, 727,737, and 747. Flight Global ranked Egtvedt 2nd behind William McPherson Allen as most impactful Boeing boss.

From Wikipedia’s article on Claire Egtvedt, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

  • BoeingChief executive officer until 19457

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Washington3

Career

Occupation: executive, engineer.5

Personal life

  • Born1892, Stoughton6

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