Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 27, 1999
ROBERT S. CLINE is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Airborne
Freight Corporation, the third largest air express company in the
country. A graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in Engineering,
he began his career with the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York in 1960.
In 1965, Mr. Cline joined Pacific Air Freight as Vice President of
finance. He remained in this position when Pacific Air Freight merged
with Airborne in 1968. Mr. Cline has served Airborne in a variety of
financial and administrative capacities. These include Vice President,
finance; Senior Vice President, finance; and Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial Officer. He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for
the company in 1984. Mr. Cline's involvement in community interests is
extensive. He is a past trustee and past chairman of the Seattle
Repertory Theater, trustee and past chairman of The Children's Hospital
Foundation, and trustee and past chairman of the Corporate Council for
the Arts. Mr. Cline is also a member of the Board of Directors of
Washington Roundtable, Seattle First National Bank, SAFECO Corporation,
and Metricom, Inc. Further, he is an emeritus member of the Advisory
Board of the University of Washington Business School. Mr. Cline was a
past board member as well as chairman of the 1991 United Way campaign
for King County. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Judy. He
has four daughters. Profile
your history, services, customers, those kinds of things please?
Mr. Cline: We're an air express company with 115
