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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 (now National Transportation Safety Board) under President Harry S. Truman in the early 1950s.
A native of Elgin, Nebraska, Nyrop moved his family to Edina, Minnesota, where he served as president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Northwest Airlines from 1954–1976. He was the father of Bill Nyrop (1952 – 1995), a professional ice hockey player who won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Nyrop was also the CEO of Northwest Airlines when D.B. Cooper committed the infamous 1971 hijacking.
Early life
Nyrop graduated from Doane College in Nebraska in 1934 and then from George Washington University law school.
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.
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- 1912 births
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- People from Edina, Minnesota
- Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration
- American airline chief executives
- American lawyers
- George Washington University Law School alumni
- American business biography, 1910s birth stubs
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Doane University alumni