COMPANY

Fifth largest US airline, founded 1934 by Walter T. Varney and Louis Mueller.

Official Website:
http://www.continental.com/

Industry:
Airline

Ticker:
NYSE:CAL

Corporate headquarters:
Houston, TX

Sales:
$8.9B (2003)

Employees:
37700 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
Gordon M. Bethune	Business	1941		CEO of Continental Airlines, 1994-2004
Donald J. Breeding	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Continental Micronesia, 1992-97
Gregory D. Brenneman	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Quiznos
Mickey Foret	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
Lewis H. Jordan	Business	c. 1944		President of AirTran Holdings, 1993-97
Lawrence W. Kellner	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Continental Airlines
Deborah L. McCoy	Business	?		Former Continental Airlines executive
Thomas G. Plaskett	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Pan-Am, 1988-91
Jeffery Smisek	Business	c. 1954		President of Continental Airlines

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell	Religion	c. 1954		Windsor Village United Methodist Church
Lawrence W. Kellner	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Continental Airlines
Douglas H. McCorkindale	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Gannett, 2000-05
Henry L. Meyer III	Business	c. 1950		CEO of KeyCorp
Oscar Muñoz	Business	c. 1960		CFO of CSX
George G. C. Parker	Educator	c. 1939		Finance Professor Emeritus, Stanford
Jeffery Smisek	Business	c. 1954		President of Continental Airlines
Karen Hastie Williams	Business	c. 1944		Retired Partner, Crowell & Moring
Ronald B. Woodard	Business	c. 1944		Former Boeing Executive
Charles A. Yamarone	Business	c. 1959		Libra Securities

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gordon M. Bethune	Business	1941		CEO of Continental Airlines, 1994-2004
David Bonderman	Business	c. 1943		Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Gregory D. Brenneman	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Quiznos
James G. Coulter	Business	c. 1959		Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Patrick Foley	Business	c. 1932		CEO of DHL Airways, 1988-99
Lloyd N. Hand	Attorney	31-Jan-1929		Chief of Protocol for Johnson
Lewis H. Jordan	Business	c. 1944		President of AirTran Holdings, 1993-97
James A. Lawrence	Business	18-Oct-1952		CFO of Unilever
Roberto G. Mendoza	Business	1945		Vice Chairman of JP Morgan, 1990-2000

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

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