Juan Trippe
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| Born |
Juan Terry Trippe June 27, 1899 Sea Bright, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 3, 1981 (aged 81) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | The Bovea School The Hill School |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Airline entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth "Betty" Stettinius Trippe (m. 1928–81) |
| Children | Elizabeth Trippe John Terry Trippe Charles White Trippe Edward Stettinius Trippe |
| Relatives | John Trippe (great-great-grandfather) |
| Awards |
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1941) Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1966) |
Juan Terry Trippe (June 27, 1899 – April 3, 1981) was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century. He was instrumental in numerous revolutionary advances in airline history, including the development and production of the Boeing 314 Clipper, which opened trans-Pacific airline travel, the which helped to pioneer the pressurized cabin, the Boeing 707 which launched the jet age, and the Boeing 747 which introduced the era of jumbo jets (evolved from Air Force bombers, tanker and transport design, respectively). Trippe's signing of the 747 contract coincided with the 50th anniversary of Boeing, and he gave a speech where he explained his belief that these jets would be a force that would help bring about world peace.
Trippe was born in Sea Bright, New Jersey, on June 27, 1899, the great-great-grandson of Lieutenant John Trippe, captain of the USS Vixen. Because of his forename he is widely assumed to have been of Spanish descent, but his family was actually Northern European in ancestry and settled in Maryland in 1664. He was named after Juanita Terry, the Venezuelan wife of his great-uncle. Trippe attended the Bovea School and graduated from the Hill School in 1917.
He enrolled at Yale University but left when the United States entered World War I to apply for flight training with the U.S. Navy. After completing training in June 1918, he was designated as a Naval Aviator and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. However, the end of World War I precluded him from flying in combat. Demobilized from active duty, he returned to Yale, graduating in 1921. While there, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall and of the Skull and Bones society. Trippe was treasurer at the first-ever meet of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association in 1920.
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