Charles Edmund Beard
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Why Is Charles Edmund Beard Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Edmund Beard was the former President of Braniff International Airways, from 1954 until 1965. He was the third president since its inception in 1928, the first person outside the Braniff family to be CEO of the airline. Beard, along with Braniff Board Chairman Fred Jones , managed the airline conservatively, but recorded record growth and traffic statistics between 1954 and early 1965.