- Collection:
- Eastern Air Lines Collection
- Title:
- Frank Borman oral history interview, 1986-04-11
- Creator:
- Borman, Frank, 1928-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Barrett, Jerry
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1986-04-11
- Subject:
- Airlines--Employees--Labor Unions
Eastern Air Lines, inc., Strike (1989-1991)
Eastern Air Lines - People:
- Borman, Frank, 1928-
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- audiocassettes
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Col. Frank Borman was Eastern Air Lines' Chairman and CEO by 1975. Prior appointments within the airline began in 1969 as a Special Advisor, upgrade to Senior Vice President in 1970, Executive Vice President of Operations and a member of the Board of Directors by 1974 and in 1975 he became COO, President, Chairman of the Board and CEO. His prior careers in the Air Force, commander of space flight missions, a NASA field director and professor at West Point aided his knowledge of the industry. Helping his administrative role at Eastern, Borman earned his Masters degree in aeronautical engineering from CalTech as well as a degree in business administration and management from Harvard.
The interview conducted by Barrett shed light on Borman's perspective and role in Eastern's bargaining history. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eastern/id/53564
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Borman, Frank, interviewed by Jerry Barrett, April 11, 1986, W. J. Usery, Jr. papers, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University. - Extent:
- 0:38:26
- Original Collection:
- SERIES VIII: Bargaining History of Eastern Airlines Oral History Project, 1967-1986
Southern Labor Archives
W. J. Usery, Jr. papers
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/404 - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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