About Richard Anderson

July 13, 2008 at 2:05AM

RICHARD ANDERSON

Title: CEO, Delta Air Lines

Hometown: Galveston, Texas

Age: 53

Family: Wife, Susan, one son and one daughter, both college students.

Homes: Atlanta and Minneapolis.

Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Houston; law degree, South Texas College of Law.

Airline career: Continental Airlines, 1987 to 1990; Northwest Airlines, 1990 to 2004, was CEO from 2001 to 2004; Delta Air Lines, joined board in May 2007, became CEO in September 2007.

Corporate boards: Minnesota-based Cargill and Medtronic.

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