William McPherson Allen

	WILLIAM McPHERSON ALLEN Aerospace Industrialist
	Born Lolo, Montana, 1 September 1900. As Chief Executive of the Boeing Aircraft Company from 1945 to 1972, his forward thinking leadership and administration brought the company successfully through post war industrial recession to its premier position in the Aerospace Industry -- to become the world leader in the production of commercial jet transports, strategic bombers, tankers and missiles -- contributing most significantly to U.S. preeminence in civil and military air power.
	Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1975