Malcolm T. Stamper

Malcolm Stamper
Born	Malcolm Theodore Stamper (1925-04-04)April 4, 1925 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	June 14, 2005 (aged 80) Seattle, WA USA
Nationality	American

Malcolm Stamper (April 4, 1925 - June 14, 2005)^[1]^[2] was the longest serving President in Boeing’s history and was best known for leading 50,000 people in the race to build the 747 jetliner. Stamper grew up in Detroit and joined Boeing in 1962 after working for General Motors. His first assignment at Boeing was to sell its ailing gas turbine division to Caterpillar.^[3] Following this success, Boeing president William M. Allen asked Stamper to spearhead production of the new 747 airplane on which the company's future was riding. This was a monumental engineering and management challenge, and included construction of the world's biggest factory in which to build the 747 at Everett, Washington, a plant which is the size of 40 football fields.

In 1978, Stamper was one of only a dozen U.S. corporate executives to earn over a million dollars.^[4]

He served as president of the company and a member of the board of the directors from 1972 until 1985, when he became vice chairman of the board. During the 1969-70 recession, Stamper presided over the laying off of nearly two-thirds of its 101,000 employees. But by the late 1970s, the 747 was a huge success. By the time Stamper retired in 1990, Boeing seemed to face no serious threat from McDonnell Douglas or from European upstart Airbus. He predicted that the company would remain No. 1 for the foreseeable future.

He also served on boards at Nordstrom, Chrysler, Travelers Insurance, Pro Air, the Seattle Art Museum and the Smithsonian Institution.

After retiring from Boeing, he started a children's book publishing company.

Stamper was the grandfather of Jay Stamper, an entrepreneur and unsuccessful contender to become a nominee for the US Senate in the 2014 South Carolina Democratic Party primary.^[5]

References

↑ "Boeing: Malcolm T. Stamper". The Boeing Company.
↑ Tom Boyer (June 17, 2005). "Boeing legend Malcolm Stamper dies". The Seattle Times.
↑ Irving, Clive (1994). Wide Body: The Making of the Boeing 747. Coronet. ISBN 0-340-59983-9.
↑ "For 12 Executives, '78 Was a Million Year; The million Club '78 Meant Million for 12 Executives". The New York Times. May 5, 1979.
↑ "Jay Stamper for Senate".

Boeing

Companies	Boeing Aircraft Holding Company Boeing Australia Boeing Canada Boeing Capital Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Phantom Works Boeing Rotorcraft Systems Boeing UK HRL Laboratories Jeppesen McDonnell Douglas Narus Spectrolab United Launch Alliance

People	William M. Allen James A. Bell John H. Biggs William Boeing John Bryson Arthur D. Collins Jr. Philip M. Condit William M. Daley Darleen Druyun Kenneth Duberstein Edgar Gott Philip G. Johnson John McDonnell James McNerney Susan Schwab Michael M. Sears Frank Shrontz Harry Stonecipher Malcolm T. Stamper Thornton Wilson Mike S. Zafirovski

Projects	BCT Modernization Boeing Black Boeing 7x7 series Boeing hydrofoils Boeing Jetfoils Connexion by Boeing Future Combat Systems

Facilities	Boeing Everett Factory Boeing Plant 1 Boeing Plant 2 Boeing Renton Factory Boeing South Carolina Boeing Store Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Michoud Assembly Facility Plant 42

Other	Boeing strike of 1948 Boeing Technical Fellowship Competition between Airbus and Boeing

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