| LC control no. | no2016146804 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beech, Olive Ann, 1903-1993 |
| Birth date | 19030925 |
| Death date | 19930706 |
| Place of birth | Waverly (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Wichita (Kan.) |
| Affiliation | Beech Aircraft Corporation |
| Found in | Sparks, Edith. Boss lady, 2017: Data View CIP summary (Olive Ann Beech) Wikipedia WWW page 1 November 2016: Olive Ann Beech (25 September, 1903, Waverly, Kansas-6 July, 1993, Wichita, Kansas; 1924 worked as secretary/bookkeeper for Travel Air Manufacturing Company, soon promoted to office manager and secretary to Walter Beech; when Travel Air merged with Curtiss-Wright Corporation in 1929, Walter Beech became president; 24 February, 1930 Olive Ann Mellor and Walter Beech were married; In 1932 Walter Beech quite Curtiss-Wright and started Beech Aircraft company with him as president and Olive Ann as secretary-treasurer; in 1940, when Walter Beech became ill with ecephalitis, Olive Ann took over the leadership of the company when retooling was required for military production; after Walter Beech's death in 1950, Olive Ann Beech assumed leadership of the company; in 1968 she announced her nephew Frank E. Hendrick, as her successor to the presidency, while retaining the positions of chair of the board and chief executive officer; in 1980 Raytheon purchased Beech Aircraft and Olive Ann Beech remained as chair while also being seated on the Raytheon board of directors; in 1982, due to reorganization, she was removed from the board of directors and titled chairman emeritus) |
| Associated language | eng |
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