Olive Ann Beech began her long and highly successful career
in 1925 when she joined the Travel Air Manufacturing Company
as office manager and assistant to the president, Walter
Beech.
Walter and Olive Ann were married and in 1932 co-founded
the Beech Aircraft Company. The company soon developed an
international reputation for the design and production of a
family of reliable and efficient single and mulit-engined
civil airplanes. Olive Ann served as Secretary-Treasurer and
Walter as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
until his death in 1950. Subsequently, Olive Ann was
elected President and Chairman.
During the more than 30 years of Olive Ann's skillful
leadership the excellent reputation of Beechcraft for the
production of superb airplanes continued to grow. She
earned the respect of other business leaders for her
integrity, vision and hard work and was considered to be
one of the outstanding business executives in the
United States.
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