Juan Trippe

Juan Trippe
Trippe c. 1940
Born	Juan Terry Trippe (1899-06-27)June 27, 1899 Sea Bright, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	April 3, 1981(1981-04-03) (aged 81) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery
Alma mater	Yale University (BA)
Occupation(s)	Airline entrepreneur Founder of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts[1]
Spouse	Elizabeth "Betty" Stettinius ​ ​ (m. 1928)​
Children	4
Relatives	John Trippe (great-great-grandfather)
Awards	Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1941) Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1966) Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 1985)

Juan Terry Trippe (June 27, 1899 – April 3, 1981) was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century. He was involved in the introduction of the Sikorsky S-42, which opened trans-Pacific airline travel, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner which introduced cabin pressurization to airline operations, the Boeing 707 which started a new era in low cost jet transportation, and the Boeing 747 jumbo jets. Trippe's signing of the 747 contract coincided with the 50th anniversary of Boeing.^[2] He also founded InterContinental Hotels & Resorts.^[3]