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Stimpson, Steve A.

 Person

Biography

Steve A. Stimpson worked as Traffic Manager for Boeing Air Transport (BAT), a predecessor of United Airlines (UAL) . He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the stewardess profession in 1930. Publicity Manager for Boeing Air Transport & friend of Ellen Church, first BAT stewardess. No further biographical information is known.

Sources and Further Reading:

United Airlines Historical Foundation: http://www.uahf.org/ua_flight_attendants_founders.asp

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Steve A. Stimpson Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-03-25
Abstract

Steve A. Stimpson was a manager for Boeing Air Transport in the 1920s-1930s. The collection contains one hundred and fifty-two (152) black-and-white photographs in an unbound photograph album documenting early United Airlines history.

Dates: circa 1920s-1930s

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