Cyrus Rowlett Smith (C.R.) was born in Minerva, Texas on 9 September 1899.
Smith's proposal specified that all personnel, aircraft, maintenance facilities and spare parts sent to the theater, for the airlift to China, be assigned to the ATC, and nobody else.
As Smith put it, "The principal experience of the Air Transport Command is in air transportation, as contrasted with the experience of the theater commander, being principally in combat and in preparation for combat.
Cyrus Rowlett (C. R.) Smith, president and cofounder of American Airlines, was born in the small cotton-farming community of Minerva, [Milam County] Texas, on September 9, 1899, one of seven children of Roy E. and Marion Burck Smith.
Smith's rapid rise in the world of business landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1958, and in 1961 he was one of only ten Americans to receive the Horatio Alger Award for his admirable ascent from austere beginnings.
Smith, who died last week at the age of 90 and was buried this week at Arlington National Cemetery, was one of the giants of the aviation industry.
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