Background
Trippe, Juan Terry was born on June 27, 1899 in Seabright, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles White and Lucy Adeline, (Terry) T.
Trippe, Juan Terry was born on June 27, 1899 in Seabright, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles White and Lucy Adeline, (Terry) T.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1921, Master of Arts (honorary), 1937. Doctor of Laws, University Miami, 1941, Boston University, 1943, University of California, 1944. Doctor of Commercial Science (honorary), New York University, 1950.
With Lee Higginson Company, 1921-1922. President Long Island Airways, Incorporated., 1922-1923. Managing director Colonial Air Transport, Incorporated., 1924-1926.
President, director Pan American World Airways, Incorporated., 1927-1964, chairman, director, chief Executive officer, 1964-1968, honorary chairman, director, member Executive Committee, from 1968.
Director, chairman finance committee Bermuda Properties, Limited. President, director South. Eleuthera Properties, Limited.
President, director Liberian Development Corporation. Director, member finance committee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Chrysler Corporation (member Executive Committee).
Director Hotel Waldorf Astoria Corporation.
Member Business Council (vice chairman 1940), transportation council unites states department Commerce. Alumni trustee Yale Corporation, 1949-1953, successor trustee, 1953-1968. Member many organizations and associations, both domestic and foreign, professional and trade associations.
Clubs: Explorers, Economic, Cloud (honorary), Wings, Sky (honorary) (New York City).
Married Betty Stettinius, June 16, 1928. Children: Betty (Mistress Stuyvesant Wainwright II), Charles, John T., Edward.