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Kelleher was born in Camden, New Jersey, on March 12, 1931, and raised in Audubon, New Jersey, where he graduated from Haddon Heights High School. [2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University where he was an Olin Scholar and where his major was English and his minor philosophy, and a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from New York University School of Law where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar.
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967.Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways, and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from regulation by the federal Civil ...
Southwest Airlines cofounder Herb Kelleher died on Thursday at the age of 87, the Dallas-based airline confirmed on this week.
Now customers, employees, alumni, competitors, shareholders, and admirers are all asking the same question: What would Herb do? Herb Kelleher, who died five years ago, was the Southwest co-founder ...
Kelleher set up Southwest with Rollin King more than 50 years ago, with the airline making its first flight in June 1971. Dallas-based Southwest is known for its quirky culture, closely connected ...
Herb Kelleher. MD-82 at New Orleans February 1984. Muse Air was a domestic U.S. airline founded in 1980 by Michael Muse, a former CFO of Southwest Airlines, and his father Lamar Muse, the founding president of Southwest. Muse Air was notable for initially choosing to compete head-to-head against Southwest, thereby gaining the name "Revenge Air ...
Herb Kelleher, the founder of Southwest Airlines, died at the age of 87 on Thursday morning, the company announced in a statement on its blog.
Kelly spent 3 years in this role until he was promoted to become Southwest's fifth CEO and vice chairman in 2004 [4] replacing James Parker who succeeded Herb Kelleher in 2001. Kelly was named chairman of the board of directors of Southwest Airlines on May 21, 2008, replacing co-founder Herb Kelleher. [5]