Clement Melville Keys (1876-1952) who as a financier who was involved with founding of aviation companies Curtiss-Wright, China National Aviation Corporation, North American Aviation and TWA. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was once a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States, but has since become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal treatment. ... China National Aviation Corporation CNAC Logo, taken from CNAC Zhejiang Branch aircraft, which was merged with Air China. ... North American Aviation, Inc. ... The Twa are a pygmy people, of short stature, who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of anthe Great Lakes region of central Africa that now comprises the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Keys was born in Canada and attended Toronto University and taught classics there before becoming a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in 1901 where he became railroad editor. He formed an investment counseling firm C.M. Keys & Co. in 1911. Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada and one of the most important scholarly publishers in North America. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...

In 1916 he became an unpaid vice president for Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and assumed controlling interest of the financially troubled company in 1920. The company merged with Wright Aeronautical in 1929 to form Curtiss-Wright and he was the new company's president. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Curtiss as president. ... Wright Aeronautical was an aviation venture of the Wright Brothers. ...

In addition Keys was head of 26 other aviation companies including North American Aviation, China National Aviation Corporation, and Transcontinental Air Transport (which was to become TWA). North American Aviation, Inc. ... China National Aviation Corporation CNAC Logo, taken from CNAC Zhejiang Branch aircraft, which was merged with Air China. ...

In 1932 he withdrew from the aviation business citing health reasons but continued to maintain his investment business.

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