We turn the clock back almost 35 years in order to “churn” up some interesting points. Nicholas Bredimus was the youngest Corporate Officer in the airline industry in 1980. At age 29, he ran the Information Systems division of Republic Airlines, a predecessor airline of Northwest Airlines (now Delta).
Board of Directors of Republic Airlines in 1980
Hal N. Carr*
Chairman of the Board
Republic Airlines
Cecil A. Beasley, Jr.
Partner Ballard & Beasley
(Attorneys)
Eric Bramley
Retired Editor
Aviation Daily
(aviation industry news service)
G.F. DeCoursin*
Chairman of the Board
Media Graphics
(commercial graphic arts)
Frank W. Hulse*
Vice Chairman of the Board
Republic Airlines
Alton F. Irby, Jr.
(Insurance Consultant and
investments)
G. Gunby Jordan
Chairman of the Board
The Jordan Company
(real estate and insurance)
John M. Lawrence III
Partner -Lawrence, Thornton,
Payne and Watson (attorneys)
William R. Lummis
Chairman of the Board
Summa Corporation
(real estate Investments. evieuor:
hotels and recreation)
Daniel F. May*
President
Republic Airlines
Theodore R. Miles
President
Stange Co.
(food products)
Morton B. Phillips
Chairman of the Board
Westland Capital Corporation
(business investments)
G. Frank Purvis, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Pan American Life Insurance Co.
William E. Rankin
President
Summa Corporation
(real estate investments. aviation,
hotels and recreation)
Joseph E. Rapkin
Partner – Foley and Lardner
(attorneys)
Henry M. Ross
President
Ross Industnes
(machinery manufacturer)
Bernard Sweet*
Vice Chairman of the Board
Republic Airlines
Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.
President
Union Planters National Bank
Wm. Bew White, Jr.*
Partner-Bradley, Arant,
Rose and White (attorneys)
Kenneth B. Willett*
Chairman of the Board
First Financial Savings and
Loan Association
Frank M. Young III
Partner-North Haskell Slaughter
Young and Lewis (attorneys)
* Executive Committee
OFFICERS
Hal N. Carr
Chairman of the Board
Frank W. Hulse
Vice Chairman of the Board
Bernard Sweet
Vice Chairman of the Board
Daniel F. May
President
Robert L. Gren
Senior Vice President-
Maintenance and Engineering
Kenneth L. Hubertus
Senior Vice President-Customer
Service
George J. Kamas
Senior Vice President-Inflight
Service
A. L. Maxson
Senior Vice President-Finance
David E. Moran
Senior Vice President-Marketing
J. F. Nixon
Senior Vice President-Corporate
Planning
George F. Wallis
Senior Vice President-Flight
Operations
J. Kenneth Courtenay
Vice President-Route
Development
Edward A. Dingivan
Vice President-Federal
Affairs
John P. Dow
Vice President and Secretary
Michael D. Meyer
Vice President and Controller
Gowan J. Miller
Vice President-Industrial Relations
A. E. Warner
Vice President-Maintenance
Charlotte G. Westberg
Staff Vice President
W. H. Mackinnon
Treasurer
Dorman W. Atwood
Assistant Vice President-
Regulatory Compliance
Nicholas Bredimus
Assistant Vice President-
Information Systems
Joseph W. Ettel
Assistant Vice President-Labor
Relations and Assistant Secretary
Gramer D. Foster
Assistant Vice President-Flying
Earl D. Jackson
Assistant Vice President- Technical
Service
Robert P. Johnson
Assistant Vice President-Flight
Operations
Katherine M. Leddick
Assistant Vice President-Inflight
Service
John E. Manger
Assistant Vice President-
Long-range Planning
William E. Oakes
Assistant Vice President-Economic
Research
Charles B. Vesper
Assistant Vice President-Schedules
and Tariffs
Walter E. Nielsen
Assistant Treasurer
Raymond J. Rasenberger
Assistant Secretary
Ralph Strangis
Assistant Secretary
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