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William McPherson Allen (September 1, 1900 – October 28, 1985) was an American businessman in the aviation industry who served as the President of Boeing from 1945 to 1968.
Oct 26, 2005 · William McPherson Allen served the Boeing Company as president from 1945 to 1968 and is credited with leading the company into the jet age and providing a strong and enduring tradition of integrity and leadership.
Born: September 1, 1900 in Lolo, Montana. Death: October 29, 1985. Enshrined: 1971. Contributed to the development of the B-17, B-29, B-50, and C-97. President of Boeing from 1945 to 1968 where he introduced the B-47, B-52, KC-135, and the Boeing 707 (the first American jet transport).
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Bill Allen was without doubt Boeing’s greatest President and launched a raft of aircraft that changed aviation
Oct 2, 2010 · It did so largely at the prodding of one man: William McPherson Allen, the company president who took over in 1950 when it had less than 1 percent of market share.
Aug 17, 1975 · SEATTLE—William McPherson Allen, a man who took some of the biggest gambles in the history of American business—and won most of them—says One secret to success is finding and trusting good...
William McPherson Allen graduated from Harvard Law School in 1925 and joined the Boeing Company as legal counsel shortly thereafter. After 20 years of service as legal counsel and corporation director with the Boeing Company, he was offered and accepted the presidency in 1945, at a most crucial time in the company's history.
Feb 23, 1999 · William McPherson Allen graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1925, and after twenty years of service as legal counsel and / corporation director with the Boeing Company, he accepted the presidency in 1945 at a most crucial time in company history.
Apr 6, 2000 · On September 5, 1945, William Allen, a longtime attorney at the Boeing Company, assumed the presidency of the aircraft company. Almost immediately, massive postwar layoffs began. Allen brought a different labor relations philosophy to the company -- as Boeing employees would find out before the new decade began.
