Robert L Crandall

Director of the Company since 1999; Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1998 of AMR Corporation, an air transportation and diversified services company; Director of Celestica Inc. and Halliburton Company. Robert L. Crandall was born in 1935 in Westerly, Rhode Island. As his family moved around the country during and after WWII, Bob attended 13 schools before graduating from Barrington High School in 1953. He entered the College of William and Mary on an academic scholarship and studied there from 1953-1955. He then transferred to the University of Rhode Island where he majored in Business Administration. During his tenure at American Airlines from 1980 to 1998, which includes stints as president and chairman, he started the modern frequent flyer program, began the hub and spoke system to keep people flying from small cities to major ones on a simplified schedule, and began code-sharing with domestic and important foreign airlines. After his graduation in 1957, Bob married Jan, his high school sweetheart. After completing active military duty, Bob worked briefly in the insurance industry before receiving a scholarship to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Master of Business Administration Degree in 1960. After graduation, he worked at Eastman Kodak from 1960 to 1962 and subsequently worked for Hallmarks Cards in Kansas City until 1966. In 1966, Bob began his career in the airlines industry by joining Trans World Airlines as an Assistant Treasurer. During the following years, he served as Vice President of Data Services and then Vice President and Comptroller before leaving TWA to become Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Bloomingdale’s. Bob accepted an offer to become Senior Vice President of Finance at American Airlines in April 1973. After his initial service in Finance, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing; and subsequently, in 1980, he became President and Chief Operating Officer. In 1985, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and served in that role until he retired in April 1998. After retiring from American Airlines, Bob served as a director of many companies including American Express, Halliburton, Anixter, Celestica and GoGo. He remains a Director of GoGo and consults with various companies. Bob has been a major donor and fundraiser for the University of Rhode Island. He and his wife Jan live in Florida and Massachusetts. They have three children and seven grandchildren