| LC control no. | n 87837425 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 |
| Variant(s) | Boeing, William E., 1881-1956 Boeing, William, 1881-1956 |
| Birth date | 18811001 |
| Death date | 19560928 |
| Place of birth | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Affiliation | Boeing Company United Airlines |
| Profession or occupation | Industrialists |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U. of Wash. Lib. for Merrill and Ring Lumber Co. Records, 1888-1956 (William Edward Boeing, 1881-1956) WWWA, 1951-60 (Boeing, William Edward, b. Detroit, MI, 1881; m. Bertha Potter Paschall, 1921; founded Boeing Airplane Co., 1916; home: Aldarra Farms Fall City, Wash.; d. 1956) Boeing, viewed Jully 16, 2014 (William E. Boeing; born 1881 in Detroit; died 1956. On July 15, 1916 Boeing incorporated Pacific Aero Products. Boeing needed somewhere in Seattle to test his airplanes, so he paid for the construction of a wind tunnel at the University of Washington in exchange for the university's establishment of a curriculum in the new science of aeronautics. On May 17, 1917, the company was renamed the Boeing Airplane Company, etc.) <http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/boeing_bio/index.page> Wikipedia, July 16, 2014 (William Boeing; William Edward Boeing; born October 1, 1881 in Detroit; died September 28, 1956 in Seattle; aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company; secured contracts to supply airmail service and built a successful airmail operation and later airline passenger service that evolved into United Airlines) |
| Associated language | eng |
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