Lloyd Welch Pogue, a civil aviation pioneer who helped develop standards for international commercial flights, died Saturday of renal failure at a Baltimore hospital, his family said. He was 103.
Pogue represented the United States at the key International Civil Aviation Conference in 1944, which established English as the air traffic control language and set other rules for international flights.
His fascination with the fledging aviation industry led him to apply for work with the Civil Aeronautics Board, now the Federal Aviation Association. Within six months, he was the board's general counsel and was appointed board chairman by President Roosevelt in 1942.
In 1946, he left government and started his own law firm in Washington, representing several major airlines. Pogue & Neal later merged with a Cleveland-based firm, which became known as Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, one of the world's largest law practices.
He was born in 1899 on a farm near tiny Grant, Iowa.
"(When) I was born at the end of the 19th century, we were then on the threshold of the greatest period of inventions, discoveries and progress in higher standards of living that the world has ever experience," he said in a speech he gave when he was 100, according to The Washington Post.
Pogue attended Grinnell College before joining the Student Army Training Corps and transferring to the University of Nebraska. He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, and was a protege of future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter at Harvard.
Pogue retired in 1981, but spent time in his retirement writing and traveling extensively. In 1994, the L. Welch Pogue Award for Aviation Achievement was established by the McGraw-Hill Aviation Group.
"I salute him as a true aviation statesman and when today's transportation leaders seek inspiration they can hardly do better than to consider this career," then-Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said at the time. "Few individuals in the field of aviation have compiled such an admirable record of lasting achievement."
A memorial service is planned June 28 at the National Cathedral in Washington.
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Pogue represented the United States at the key International Civil Aviation Conference in 1944, which established English as the air traffic control language and set other rules for international flights.
His fascination with the fledging aviation industry led him to apply for work with the Civil Aeronautics Board, now the Federal Aviation Association. Within six months, he was the board's general counsel and was appointed board chairman by President Roosevelt in 1942.
In 1946, he left government and started his own law firm in Washington, representing several major airlines. Pogue & Neal later merged with a Cleveland-based firm, which became known as Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, one of the world's largest law practices.
He was born in 1899 on a farm near tiny Grant, Iowa.
"(When) I was born at the end of the 19th century, we were then on the threshold of the greatest period of inventions, discoveries and progress in higher standards of living that the world has ever experience," he said in a speech he gave when he was 100, according to The Washington Post.
Pogue attended Grinnell College before joining the Student Army Training Corps and transferring to the University of Nebraska. He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, and was a protege of future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter at Harvard.
Pogue retired in 1981, but spent time in his retirement writing and traveling extensively. In 1994, the L. Welch Pogue Award for Aviation Achievement was established by the McGraw-Hill Aviation Group.
"I salute him as a true aviation statesman and when today's transportation leaders seek inspiration they can hardly do better than to consider this career," then-Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said at the time. "Few individuals in the field of aviation have compiled such an admirable record of lasting achievement."
A memorial service is planned June 28 at the National Cathedral in Washington.
Bio provided by K
Lloyd Welch Pogue, a civil aviation pioneer who helped develop standards for international commercial flights, died Saturday of renal failure at a Baltimore hospital, his family said. He was 103.
Pogue represented the United States at the key International Civil Aviation Conference in 1944, which established English as the air traffic control language and set other rules for international flights.
His fascination with the fledging aviation industry led him to apply for work with the Civil Aeronautics Board, now the Federal Aviation Association. Within six months, he was the board's general counsel and was appointed board chairman by President Roosevelt in 1942.
In 1946, he left government and started his own law firm in Washington, representing several major airlines. Pogue & Neal later merged with a Cleveland-based firm, which became known as Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, one of the world's largest law practices.
He was born in 1899 on a farm near tiny Grant, Iowa.
"(When) I was born at the end of the 19th century, we were then on the threshold of the greatest period of inventions, discoveries and progress in higher standards of living that the world has ever experience," he said in a speech he gave when he was 100, according to The Washington Post.
Pogue attended Grinnell College before joining the Student Army Training Corps and transferring to the University of Nebraska. He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, and was a protege of future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter at Harvard.
Pogue retired in 1981, but spent time in his retirement writing and traveling extensively. In 1994, the L. Welch Pogue Award for Aviation Achievement was established by the McGraw-Hill Aviation Group.
"I salute him as a true aviation statesman and when today's transportation leaders seek inspiration they can hardly do better than to consider this career," then-Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said at the time. "Few individuals in the field of aviation have compiled such an admirable record of lasting achievement."
A memorial service is planned June 28 at the National Cathedral in Washington.
Bio provided by K
Pogue represented the United States at the key International Civil Aviation Conference in 1944, which established English as the air traffic control language and set other rules for international flights.
His fascination with the fledging aviation industry led him to apply for work with the Civil Aeronautics Board, now the Federal Aviation Association. Within six months, he was the board's general counsel and was appointed board chairman by President Roosevelt in 1942.
In 1946, he left government and started his own law firm in Washington, representing several major airlines. Pogue & Neal later merged with a Cleveland-based firm, which became known as Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, one of the world's largest law practices.
He was born in 1899 on a farm near tiny Grant, Iowa.
"(When) I was born at the end of the 19th century, we were then on the threshold of the greatest period of inventions, discoveries and progress in higher standards of living that the world has ever experience," he said in a speech he gave when he was 100, according to The Washington Post.
Pogue attended Grinnell College before joining the Student Army Training Corps and transferring to the University of Nebraska. He studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, and was a protege of future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter at Harvard.
Pogue retired in 1981, but spent time in his retirement writing and traveling extensively. In 1994, the L. Welch Pogue Award for Aviation Achievement was established by the McGraw-Hill Aviation Group.
"I salute him as a true aviation statesman and when today's transportation leaders seek inspiration they can hardly do better than to consider this career," then-Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said at the time. "Few individuals in the field of aviation have compiled such an admirable record of lasting achievement."
A memorial service is planned June 28 at the National Cathedral in Washington.
Bio provided by K
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