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- Edward_Carlson abstract "Edward \"Eddie\" Carlson (June 4, 1911 – April 3, 1990), was an American businessman and Seattle, Washington civic leader.Carlson was born in Tacoma, Washington and, as a youth, helped his single mother make ends meet by working as an attendant at a gas station, as well as other odd jobs. Carlson entered the University of Washington in 1928 and, while a student, began his hotel career as a pageboy, then elevator operator, then bellhop.He dropped out of college in 1930 for financial reasons. He worked half a year as a seaman, then worked a summer job at Mount Baker Lodge, and beginning in autumn 1931 traveled the country in an unsuccessful stint as a salesman trying to sell a machine that mechanically blocked (shaped) felt hats. Returning to Seattle, he returned to hotel work, first as a room clerk and then as assistant manager of Seattle's Roosevelt Hotel, next as manager of the President Hotel in Mount Vernon, Washington. On June 26, 1936, he married Nell H. Cox.In April 1937, Carlson returned to Seattle to manage the Rainier Club, Seattle's preeminent private club.\" He retained that position until he left to join the Navy in 1942; at that time, the club awarded him a military membership, which became a regular membership upon his return from World War II.He finished World War II as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Supply Corps, having served in Seattle and then in Mechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaReturning from the war, he took a position as assistant to S. W. Thurston, president of Western Hotels, Inc. (later Western International Hotels, then Westin Hotels). Within a year he had been named vice president, then became successively executive vice president (1953), president (1960), and finally chairman and CEO (1969). Westin merged with United Airlines in 1970, and Carlson became CEO of the newly formed company, U.A.L., a position he held from 1971–1979. In his first two years, he turned the almost bankrupt airliner into a profitable one.Carlson is credited in bringing the 1962 World's Fair—the Century 21 Exposition—to Seattle. His napkin sketch of tower with a revolving restaurant on top, inspired by the Stuttgart Tower, was the origin of the Space Needle. Harvard Business School named Carlson one of the great business leaders of the twentieth century.Carlson was also (along with Henry Broderick) one of the two leaders of the successful 1948 initiative that re-legalized the sale of liquor by the drink in Washington State.".
- Edward_Carlson award Horatio_Alger_Association_of_Distinguished_Americans.
- Edward_Carlson birthDate "1911-06-04".
- Edward_Carlson birthName "Edward Elmer Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson birthPlace Tacoma,_Washington.
- Edward_Carlson birthYear "1911".
- Edward_Carlson board Seafirst_Bank.
- Edward_Carlson board Seattle_Symphony.
- Edward_Carlson board Virginia_Mason_Hospital.
- Edward_Carlson board Westin_Hotels_&_Resorts.
- Edward_Carlson deathDate "1990-04-03".
- Edward_Carlson deathPlace Seattle.
- Edward_Carlson deathYear "1990".
- Edward_Carlson education Lincoln_High_School_(Seattle).
- Edward_Carlson relative Margaret_Carlson.
- Edward_Carlson residence Chicago.
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- Edward_Carlson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eddie Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Edward Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Edward E. Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson awards "Horatio Alger Award, 1975".
- Edward_Carlson awards "Seattle-King County Association of Realtors First Citizen of 1965".
- Edward_Carlson awards "Seattle-King County Municipal League Outstanding Citizen, 1970".
- Edward_Carlson awards "U. Washington's Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, 1970".
- Edward_Carlson birthDate "1911-06-04".
- Edward_Carlson birthName "Edward Elmer Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson birthPlace Tacoma,_Washington.
- Edward_Carlson boards "Chm. of board, United Airlines 1979-90".
- Edward_Carlson boards "General American Insurance Corporation".
- Edward_Carlson boards "Seattle Central Association".
- Edward_Carlson boards "Seattle Chamber of Commerce".
- Edward_Carlson boards "Seattle First National Bank".
- Edward_Carlson boards "Trust Houses Group in London".
- Edward_Carlson boards "University of Washington Board of Regents".
- Edward_Carlson boards "Virginia Mason Association".
- Edward_Carlson boards "director, Seattle-First National Bank".
- Edward_Carlson boards "many others".
- Edward_Carlson boards "president, American Hotel and Motel Association".
- Edward_Carlson boards "president, Pacific Science Center Foundation".
- Edward_Carlson boards "president, UAL 1971–".
- Edward_Carlson boards "president, Western International 1961–".
- Edward_Carlson boards "trustee, Seattle Symphony Orchestra".
- Edward_Carlson boards "trustee, Virginia Mason Hospital".
- Edward_Carlson children "Edward Eugene Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson children "Jane Leslie Wiliams".
- Edward_Carlson deathDate "1990-04-03".
- Edward_Carlson deathPlace "Seattle, Washington, United States".
- Edward_Carlson education Lincoln_High_School_(Seattle).
- Edward_Carlson education "student, U. Wash., 1928-32".
- Edward_Carlson name "Edward Elmer Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson parents "Elmer E. and Lula Carlson".
- Edward_Carlson relatives "Margaret Carlson, ex daughter-in-law".
- Edward_Carlson residence Chicago.
- Edward_Carlson spouse "Nell Hinckley Cox".
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