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• EARLY YEARS AS LEGAL COUNSEL
• EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND COO OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES
• APPOINTED CEO AND DIRECTOR OF NORTHWEST
• MANAGERIAL STYLE
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chief executive officer, Northwest Airlines

Nationality: American.

Born: 1956, in Galveston, Texas.

Education: University of Houston, BS, 1979; South Texas College of Law, JD, 1982.

Family: Son of Richard Anderson.

Career: Harris County Criminal Court, Texas, 1978–1987, chief counsel, then assistant district attorney; Continental Airlines, 1987–1990, staff vice president and deputy general counsel; Northwest Airlines, 1990–1994, vice president and...