Profession
Businessperson
Biography
Alexander Damm, son of Peter Damm & Charlotta Kaufmann, was born 22 June 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1940 and was commissioned into the Navy in 1942. He left the Navy in 1945 and settled in Kansas City where he was employed by Trans World Airlines (TWA). Om 1959, joined Continental Airlines, and moved to the Los Angeles area in 1963 when Continental moved its headquarters there. He retired in 1980 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental.
He died on 21 April 2008 and is buried in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Alexander's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Schilling.
Source(s)
- Alexander Damm Obituary (Chicago Tribune, 29 April 2008 - 1 May 2008) [Online]
- Alexander Damm Obituary (Kansas City Star, 1 May 2008).
Volga Colonies
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