Gerard Arpey - Kanaly Lecture Series April 23, 2009

Gerard Arpey
Chairman, President and CEO of AMR Corp. and American Airlines, Inc.
Kanaly Lecture Series Speaker
April 23 at 11:00am
Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union
Contact Price College Office of Alumni and Development to RSVP or with any questions at (405) 325-4687 or pricecollege@ou.edu

Gerard J. Arpey was elected chairman of AMR Corporation and American Airlines, Inc. in May 2004. He had served as president and CEO of AMR and American since April 2002. Arpey leads a global organization that includes American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection, serving more than 250 cities in 40 countries and territories around the world. The combined network offers more than 4,000 flights a day with more than 1,000 aircraft.

Before his appointment as president and COO, Arpey served as American's executive vice president of operations, senior vice president of finance and planning, as well as its chief financial officer and senior vice president of planning. He joined American Airlines in 1982 as a financial analyst and has held other management positions during his career at American, including managing director of airline profitability analysis, managing director of financial analysis and fleet planning and managing director of financial planning. He became a corporate officer in 1989, when he was elected vice president of financial planning and analysis.

Arpey received a bachelor of business administration degree in 1980 and a MBA in 1982, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a FAA multi-engine instrument pilot rating and is an avid private pilot.

He is a member of the board of directors of S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. He is also a member of The Business Council and involved in a variety of civic organizations.