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		Cyrus Rowlett Smith (C.R.) was born in Minerva, Texas on 9 September 1899.
		Smith's proposal specified that all personnel, aircraft, maintenance facilities and spare parts sent to the theater, for the airlift to China, be assigned to the ATC, and nobody else.
		As Smith put it, "The principal experience of the Air Transport Command is in air transportation, as contrasted with the experience of the theater commander, being principally in combat and in preparation for combat.
	www.atalink.org /hallfame/c.r.smith.html (658 words)

	Cyrus Rowlett (C. R.) Smith, Major General, United States Air Force
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith became president of American Airlines in 1934 at the age of 35.
		Smith was influential in the design of the DC-3, which would become the "workhorse" of passenger planes in the 1930s and 1940s.
		Smith led American Airlines into the jet age with the introduction of the first transcontinental jet service on January 25, 1959.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cr-smith.htm (524 words)

	Welcome to the Lone Star Flight Museum!
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith is considered an aviation visionary and is credited with helping shape the U.S. airline industry into the thriving business we enjoy today.
		C.R. Smith was born in Minerva, Texas on September 9, 1899.
		Smith commissioned Douglas Aircraft Company to design the DC-3 with 21 seats instead of the 14 in the DC-2 and to increase the payload by 50 percent.
	www.lsfm.org /Bios/cr_smith.html (429 words)

	American President
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith was born on September 9, 1899, in Minerva, Texas, and grew up with his mother and 6 brothers -- his father having left the family when Cyrus was nine years old.
		Smith was the oldest of the children and worked to help his mother, who raised the family by teaching school and keeping boarders.
		Smith moved up, and in 1919 he was working for the Texas secretary of state in the franchise tax department.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/lyndonbjohnson/cabinet/secretaryofcommerce/cyrusrsmith/h_index.shtml (427 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: SMITH, CYRUS ROWLETT
		Cyrus Rowlett (C. R.) Smith, president and cofounder of American Airlines, was born in the small cotton-farming community of Minerva, Texas, on September 9, 1899, one of seven children of Roy E. and Marion Burck Smith.
		Smith's rapid rise in the world of business landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1958, and in 1961 he was one of only ten Americans to receive the Horatio Alger Award for his admirable ascent from austere beginnings.
		Smith died on April 4, 1990, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/SS/fsm94_print.html (657 words)

	C.R. Smith Bio
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith was born on September 9, 1899, in Minerva, Texas, the eldest of seven children.
		Colonel Smith soon became General Smith, and he was Deputy Commander of the Air Transport Command (and a Major General) when the war ended.
		Following his second (and final) retirement, C.R. Smith remained active in civic affairs in Washington, D.C. In recognition of his role in shaping commercial air transportation in the United States, C.R. Smith was named to the Aviation Hall of Fame, the Travel Hall of Fame and the Business Hall of Fame.
	www.crsmithmuseum.org /AAhistory/crbio.htm (1218 words)

	DC-1,Dakota,DC-3,C-47
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith, (C.R.) President of American Airlines, and William Littlewood, American Airlines' vice president of engineering, (fig.
		Smith wanted to give his customers safe, comfortable, and reliable transportation, and the Condors and Fords did not measure up to these standards.
		C.R. Smith obtained a loan from this agency to fund the development of the new design.
	www.dc3history.org /aa_master.htm (2910 words)

	Wine Spectator \| Articles \| Free Access Area \| Whiskey Under Glass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Smith, who was American Airlines' president from 1934 until he retired in 1968 to become President Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Commerce, was emblematic of the executive corps that ran the machinery of mid-20th century U.S. industry: a self-made, self-reliant man for whom a stiff drink was simply part of the stuff of life.
		Smith has an entire museum dedicated to him near American Airlines’ Dallas-Fort Worth hub, but the whiskey collection has been part of the Admirals Club in New York since it opened during the New York World's Fair in 1964, and followed when it moved in 1989 to its current location in the main terminal.
		Smith's vintage Bourbons and ryes aren't the miniatures that we've learned to tolerate on airlines, but they are a little bit of history.
	www.winespectator.com /Wine/Free/0,3739,59,00.html (473 words)

	American Airlines, Inc. - C. R. Smith
		This historic document was printed by the Security Columbian Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical.
		This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s President, C. Smith, and Secretary and is over 25 years old.
		Certificate Vignette C.R. Smith Biography C.R. Smith (1899-1990) Cyrus Rowlett Smith became president of American Airlines in 1934 at the age of 35.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,american-airlines-smith,336928.html (599 words)

	NAHF
		C.R. Smith capitalized on this study and released an “Afraid to Fly” full page advertisement in major publications comparing the risk of flying to other forms of transportation.
		Smith's bold move soon payed off as the DC-3 broke the "profit barrier" and won wide acceptance for its speed and comfort.
		After the war, Smith returned as president of American Airlines in 1945, and, to meet postwar demands for service, acquired reliable DC-4s for long flights and high performance Convair 240s for shorter flights.
	nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com /components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=1617593711&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 (744 words)

	Article 1 - Detroit Metro Connections
		Heading the Texas-based American division was Cyrus Rowlett Smith, a man who believed that the future of the airlines lay in hauling people, not in hauling mail for the government.
		After he'd met with Smith only a few times, Cord believed that Smith's vision for the future of aviation was its highest and best; from then on, he typically allowed Smith to call most of the shots for the airline.
		And he believed in Smith and in Smith's belief: Cord had personally fired Lester Seymour of American for saying that it would be impossible for the company to become profitable just flying individuals.
	metro.heritage.com /dtw011503/story1.htm (1612 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Smith, C to D
		Smith, Chris — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
		Son of Reuben Smith and Clarissa G. (Pease) Smith; married, June 16, 1892, to Anna Cora Smith.
		Smith, Donald Stuart (c.1929-2002) — also known as Donald Smith — of District of Columbia.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/smith2.html (1808 words)

	AA History Text (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On May 13, 1934, Cyrus Rowlett Smith was elected president of American and, except for a period during World War II when he served as Deputy Commander of the Air Transport Command, continued as chief executive officer until 1968 when he was named Secretary of Commerce by President Johnson.
		Smith was appointed (at the rank of Colonel) by Gen. Hap Arnold to run the Ferrying Command of the Air Transport Command.
		Smith main duty was to oversee the wartime efforts of nation's commercial airlines.
	crsmithmuseum.org.cob-web.org:8888 /AAhistory/AA_text.htm (6660 words)

	History of the DC3
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith, the president of American Airlines and William Littlewood, vice president of engineering, decided that the DC-2 would be ideal except they were too narrow to accommodate comfortable berths.
		Douglas was initially reluctant to commit to the idea as sales of the DC-2 were progressing well with at least 90 orders waiting to be filled and to build the modified aircraft that American wanted would involve extensive disruption to DC-2 production.
		Following a lengthy long distance phone call from Smith, Douglas was finally persuaded but still remained sceptical.
	www.nzwarbirds.org.nz /dakota/history.html (2859 words)

	Capital Region Business Journal \| madison.com
		Clearly, stewardesses were busy back then, and while today's flight attendants (both male and female) continue to provide in-flight service, the airlines are quick to point out that they are on board primarily to ensure the safety of passengers.
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith was the president of American Airlines from 1934 to 1968.
		In the "Welcome Aboard!" booklet, Smith's creed, written "for the guidance of every man and woman of American Airlines," was quoted on the first page: "Passengers are people.
	www.madison.com /crbj/200510/index.php?ntid=54666 (733 words)

	United States Air Transport Command in Australia during WW2
		General Henry H. Arnold personally requested that Colonel Cyrus Rowlett Smith be appointed as the Executive Officer of the Air Transport Command.
		C.R. Smith had resigned in April 1942 as president and director of American Airlines to enter the Army.
		In 1943, General C.R. Smith arranged a special visit to Australia by Eleanor Roosevelt who travelled in a Red Cross uniform to help boost the morale of allied servicemen.
	www.ozatwar.com /usaaf/usatc.htm (526 words)

	C.R. Smith: Print Friendly Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At nine years old, he secured his first job: office boy to cattleman C.T. Herring.
		Colonel Smith soon became General Smith and finally Major General, serving as Deputy Commander of the Air Transport Command when the war ended.
		In early 1968, C.R. Smith retired as chief executive of American Airlines when his longtime friend, President Lyndon B. Johnson, appointed him Secretary of Commerce.
	www.learningbox.com /crsmith/SmithBio/textBio.htm (499 words)

	Cyrus Rowlett Smith - Wikipedia
		Smith bekannt, war CEO von American Airlines von 1934 bis 1968 und später nocheinmal von 1973 bis 1974.
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith, geboren in Texas, hatte eine Reihe von Geschäften in seiner Jugend bevor er zu American Airlines kam, darunter ein Laden für Westernkleidung oder eine Firma die Angaben von jungen Müttern an Hersteller für Babybedarf verkaufte.
		Auf einem Transkontinentalflug saß Smith 1953 neben einem Mitarbeiter von IBM und initiierte Sabre, das erste Computerreservierungssystem zur elektronischen Verarbeitung der Flugbuchungen, welches im März 1964 in Betrieb ging.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyrus_Rowlett_Smith (294 words)

	American Airlines
		In 1934, American Airways Company, in financial straits, was acquired by a corporate raider, E.L. (Errett Lobban) Cord.
		One of the early American Airlines presidents, C.R. (Cyrus Rowlett) Smith[?], worked closely with Donald Douglas to develop the DC-2[?], which American Airlines started flying in 1936.
		As of May 2002, American Airlines served 172 cities with a fleet of 833 aircraft - with an average of 2800 daily departures.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/am/American_Airlines.html (206 words)

	TIME.com: Eagle among Chicks -- Jun. 24, 1946 -- Page 1
		American Airlines Board Chairman Cyrus Rowlett Smith announced that American intended to operate "an effective nonscheduled air cargo service." Its "effectiveness" caused shivers to 2,730 new small operators, many of whom are veterans flying surplus planes.
		Board Chairman Smith, an ex-major general, was well aware that he might be accused of putting veterans out of business; he hastened to defend American's air cargo plans.
		In full-page newspaper ads he pinned a discharge emblem on American by pointing out that it employed 6,000 veterans, was therefore "the largest veterans group in air transportation." The little business veterans, who would prefer to be the largest group themselves, were not impressed with the general's logic.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,852889,00.html (488 words)

	Original Artwork: David K. Stone: Cyrus Rowlett Smith (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The turning point in Smith's career came in 1928 when he became the treasurer of Texas Air Transport, an air mail carrier.
		During World War II, Smith was recruited to organize the Air Transport Command and, by war's end, had risen to the rank of major general.
		Returning to American Airlines after the war, Smith modernized its fleet and eventually introduced SABRE, the computer reservation system that is still in use today.
	www.artworkoriginals.com.cob-web.org:8888 /EB5TB0CS.htm (390 words)

	History of museum
		The C.R. Smith Museum project began in January of 1991.
		The result of this fundraising effort was the construction of a 25,000 square foot museum dedicated to the history of commercial airline technology and the recognition of a truly innovative aviation pioneer, Cyrus Rowlett Smith.
		The non-profit C.R. Smith Museum opened to the public on July 3, 1993.
	www.crsmithmuseum.org /museumhistory/history.htm (376 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hugh M. Smith, ichthyologist, Commissioner of Fisheries, 1913-22.
		Hugh M. Smith, center on collecting trip to Marthas Vineyard.
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith, 1899 -, eighteenth Secretary of Commerce.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Photo_NOAA/http@@/www.photolib.noaa.gov/people/prind3.htm (722 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		American Airlines before World War II In 1934, American Airways Company, in financial straits, was acquired by E.L. Cord, who renamed the company "American Airlines".
		Cord hired Texas businessman C.R. (Cyrus Rowlett) Smith to run the company.
		Smith worked closely with Donald Douglas to develop the DC-3, which American Airlines started flying in 1936.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=American_Airlines (4077 words)

	Aviation Past-American Airlines
		Upon aquasation, E.L. Cord hired one of the most famous men in American Airlines history, C.R. Smith (Cyrus Rowlett Smith) to run the airline.
		C.R. Smith worked closesly with the Douglas Aircraft Company on the newest and what would become one of the worlds most popular aircraft, the Douglas DC-3.
		C.R. Smith still had played a major part, and suggested the hiring of Robert Crandall, a former executive at Bloomingdales and TWA.
	www.aviationpast.com /American.html (1577 words)

	Meet the donors who've made art museum possible (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		So passionate was Cyrus Rowlett Smith about all things Western that when he lived in New York in the 1930s, he fashioned his bedroom curtains to resemble cowboy chaps.
		A native of Minerva, in Milam County, Smith was named the first president of American Airlines in 1934.
		He built the company from a small carrier to one of the largest airlines in the world by the time he retired from the board of directors in the mid-1970s.
	www.austin360.com.cob-web.org:8888 /arts/content/arts/stories/2006/03/25people.html (1470 words)

	The U.S. Business Hall of Fame - April 14, 1986
		Cyrus W. Field, father of the transatlantic cable, repeatedly risked millions on his seemingly impossible dream.
		Walter P. Chrysler dragged his company from nowhere to No. 2 in the auto industry not only by building cars that were ahead of their time, but by getting people to buy them as well.
		CYRUS WEST FIELD (1819-1892) He was the driving force behind the first transatlantic cable -- arranging the financing, directing the project, and remaining zealous yet genial in the face of technical foul-ups that caused years of delay.
	money.cnn.com /magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/14/67377/index.htm (4082 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2002073847
		Cyrus Rowlett Smith, the president of American Airlines, came to the aviation business in the days of open-cockpit biplanes.
		Working from the age of nine as office boy to a Texas cattleman, he was also a cotton picker and bank teller until being hired at an accounting firm whose client was launching and absorbing small airlines.
		There I was paid 45 percent of the commissions I generated, which were about $600,000 a year.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon031/2002073847.html (8586 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		1978 _1931-- Smith, Harold Hill US geneticist; performed 1st fusion of human cell & plant cell 1976 _1910-1994 Smith, Henry John Irish math.; proved that any positive integer can be expressed as sum of five squares _1826-1883 Smith, Hoke US polit.; Secy.
		of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1901-1918; nephew of Joseph Smith _1838-1918 Smith, Joseph Fielding Jr.
		Smith Goes to Washington" 1939, "The Philadelphia Story" 1940, "It's a Wonderful Life" 1946, "Rope" 1948, "Rear Window" 1954, "Vertigo" 1958 _1908-- Stewart, Michael Maitland (Baron Fulham) Brit.
	world.std.com /obi/Biographical/biog_dict.s (14697 words)

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