Donald William Nyrop (April 1, 1912 – November 16, 2010) served as U.S. Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (now the

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) and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board (now

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) under President

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in the early 1950s. A native of

Elgin, Nebraska Elgin is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 661 at the 2010 census. History Elgin was platted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point. Its name was chosen at random from a postal directory, aft ...

, Nyrop moved his family to

Edina, Minnesota Edina ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis. The population was 53,494 at the 2020 census, making it the 18th most populous city in Minnesota. Edina began as a small farming and mil ...

, where he served as president, CEO, and chairman of the board of

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from 1954–1976. He was the father of

Bill Nyrop William Donald Nyrop (July 23, 1952 – December 31, 1995) was a professional ice hockey player who won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Early life Born in Washington, D.C., his father, Donald Nyrop, served ...

(1952 – 1995), a professional

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player who won three

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with the

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in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Nyrop was also the CEO of Northwest Airlines when D.B. Cooper committed the famous 1971 hijacking.

Early life

Nyrop graduated from Doane College in Nebraska in 1934 and then from George Washington University law school.

References

External links

Profile of Donald Nyrop (page 5)

* ttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28nyrop.html?ref=obituaries Abelson, Reed. "Donald Nyrop, Who Led Northwest Airlines, Dies at 98," ''The New York Times'', Sunday, November 28, 2010. 1912 births 2010 deaths People from Edina, Minnesota Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration American airline chief executives American lawyers George Washington University Law School alumni {{US-business-bio-1910s-stub 20th-century American businesspeople Doane University alumni