Donald J. Carty Biography
Chairman, President and CEO AMR CORPORATION and AMERICAN AIRLAINES, INC.

Donald J. Carty became Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of AMR Corporation on May 20, 1998, after serving as President of AMR Airline Group and American Airlines since March 15, 1995.

Prior to becoming chairman, Mr. Carty was the Company's principal airline executive, responsible for all operational elements of the American and American Eagle domestic and international route systems.

Between 1989 and 1995, Mr. Carty was executive vice president-finance and planning for AMR and American Airlines, overseeing a broad range of strategic planning matters and a wide array of critical financial activities.

Mr. Carty had been a key executive for American before leaving the airline in March 1985 to become president and CEO of CP Air in Canada. In March of 1987, he returned to American and was elected senior vice president-airline planning. At the time of his departure for CP Air, Mr. Carty was American's senior vice president and controller.

Before joining American, Carty spent seven years in various management positions with Celanese Canada, Ltd., Air Canada, and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Mr. Carty is a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He serves on the boards of directors of Dell Computer Corporation and Brinker International. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University, as well as the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee, the Advisory Board of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and the SMU Cox School of Business Executive Board. He is also a member of the Dallas Citizens Council.

Mr. Carty and his wife, Ana, live in Dallas.

DONALD J. CARTY
Employment Date - May 8, 1978
Date of Birth - July 23, 1946

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

AMR
Chairman, President and CEO................................1998-Present

American Airlines
President AMR Airline Group/AA ...........................1995-1998
Executive Vice President - Finance & Planning........1989-1995
Senior Vice President - Finance & Planning.............1988-1989
Senior Vice President - Airline Planning...................1987-1988

Canadian Pacific Airlines
President & Chief Executive Officer.........................1985-1987

American Airlines
Senior Vice President & Controller..........................1983-1985
Vice President & Controller.....................................1981-1983
Vice President - Profit Improvement Programs..........1980-1981
Vice President - Operations Research &..................1979-1980
Information Systems Planning

Americana Hotels
Senior Vice President - Finance..............................1978-1979

Celanese, Canada
General Manager - Montcel Distributors...................1973-1978

Air Canada
Manager - Capital Investments................................1971-1973

 

EDUCATION
Harvard, M.B.A.............................................................1971
Queen's University, Ontario, B.A....................................1968