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Kelleher was born in Camden, New Jersey, on March 12, 1931, and raised in Audubon, New Jersey, where he graduated from Haddon Heights High School. [2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University where he was an Olin Scholar and where his major was English and his minor philosophy, and a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from New York University School of Law where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar.
Kelleher set up Southwest with Rollin King more than 50 years ago, with the airline making its first flight in June 1971. Dallas-based Southwest is known for its quirky culture, closely connected ...
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967.Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways, and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from regulation by the federal Civil ...
At the company, King was executive vice president for operations, Kelleher was secretary, with Muse, King, and Kelleher all on the board. [ 6 ] Muse immediately changed the name of the airline to Southwest Airlines, moved its headquarters to Dallas, and raised $1.25 million (of which $750,000 was from Wesley West) to replenish cash reserves ...
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By 1960 electronics was their major product, and the company merged with another Dallas-area electronics firm, Ling-Altec, itself recently formed in a merger of Ling Electronics and Altec. Together the two firms raised capital from various sources, and in 1961 formed a merger with Chance Vought , who had moved to the area in 1948, to become ...